Vicksburg Pre-Dawn Drug Raid

A yearlong investigation by Vicksburg police and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotic led to 18 arrests Friday morning in a police operation dubbed “Operation Long Time Coming.”
The majority of the 18 suspects are considered to be mid-to upper-level drug dealers, Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong said.
“We’re anticipating at least three more arrests,” Armstrong said.
Most of the suspects involved in the investigation are believed to be members of the same drug organization, Armstrong said. They are accused of crimes involving sale of crack cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine, he said.
Arrested in the early morning raid that encompassed neighborhoods across Vicksburg were:
• Andrew Allen
• Tennesha Burns
• Brandon Carr
• Purell Evans
• Xavier Floyd
• Derrick “DT Thomas
• James “Blue” Jones
• Antonia “Mane-Mane” Thomas
• Demetrice Harris
• Kimberly Harris
• Myron Henderson
• Vick Hudson
• Jeremiah H. Ross
• Kourtney Wallace
• Keith Walker
• Tony Walsh
• Jamaal Williams
• Keith Wilson
All 18 were taken to the Warren County Jail, Sheriff Martin Pace said. Charges will be released once each suspect had completed the booking process.
VPD, MBN, the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Warren County Sheriff’s Office began the raid at about 4 a.m. Friday arresting suspects accused of selling crack cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine, Armstrong said
Armstrong said the suspects would all appear Tuesday in Warren County Justice Court.