23 ARRESTED IN METH LAB BUST. SEVERAL MORE WANTED ....   

OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. 

3 Dozen people in Oconee County have been Arrested in Connection with a Meth. Lab Investigation

Deputy's say 23 of 31 Suspects Wanted on Conspiracy to Manufacture Meth Charges for the Purchase or Attempted Purchase of Pseudoephedrine for the Purpose of Making Meth have either been Arrested or were already in Custody and Served with New Warrants.

The sheriff’s Office called The Bust, “Operation Smurf.” Smurfing is a term for when people get together and visit several stores to buy Pseudophedrine, which is used in the process of making meth. These people are usually paid in money or drugs.

The operation today is focusing on those individuals who have over the course of this year purchased Pseudoephedrine for the purposes of making methamphetamine.  The purpose also is to focus on those individuals as well who are purchasing Pseudoephedrine for the purpose of giving the Drug to those who are Manufacturing (  Cooks  ) Meth.”

List of Suspects Arrested In Operation Smurf

• Russell Howard Rogers, 24
• Joyce Thelma Rogers, 61
• Dorothy Louise Moody, 64
• Sherry Renee Owens, 42
• Dustin Wayne Wesley Turpin, 25
• Richard Smith, 45
• James Franklin Ice, 30
• Bradley Alan Stenzinger, 34
• Roger Caness Martin, Jr., 36
• Tony Lamar Jenkins, 52
• Sheron Nicole Nelon, 31
• Albert Joseph Rogers, 47
• Evertt Gilbert, 30
• Peggy Jo Gibson Eaker, 41
• Joseph Beyer, 45
• Candice Marie Bull, 18
• Eldon Jerome Barnes, 43
• Tiffani Page Matthews, 20
• Heath Brent Jenkins, 33
• Carly Regan Hendricks, 25
• Shannon David Powers, 34
• Amber Nichole Eades, 25
• Crystal Nicole Boykin, 25
• Jennifer Beth Hippensteal, 31
• Ernest Wayne Hippensteal, 35
• Teresa Diane Durham, 46

•              Timothy Joseph Myers, 32
• Alley Elizabeth Eades, 22
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