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SEVEN ARRESTED AT NOKOMIS DRUG HOUSE

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SEVEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER A MONDAY AFTERNOON RAID OF A KNOWN NOKOMIS DRUG HOUSE.  SARASOTA COUNTY UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT 205 POMPANO LANE AND FOUND TEN PEOPLE INSIDE AND THREE MORE OUTSIDE.  THEY ALSO FOUND EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS USED TO SMOKE, WEIGH, PACKAGE, AND SELL METHAMPHETAMINES.  THE FIVE PEOPLE KNOWN TO LIVE IN THE HOME WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AS WELL AS TWO OTHERS WHO HAD OUTSTANDING CHARGES.  30 YEAR OLD BRIAN CAVANAUGH AND 25 YEAR OLD ASHLEY WEHRLEN WERE BOTH CHARGED WITH SALE AND POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINES; WHILE 29 YEAR OLD SHYLA ROBINETT AND 38 YEAR OLD JAMES POWERS WERE CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND MAINTAINING A RESIDENCE WHERE DRUGS ARE BOUGHT OR SOLD; AND 48 YEAR OLD CARLEEN ALLEN WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.  IN ADDITION, 42 YEAR OLD DAVID LAWRENCE WAS CHARGED WITH SALE OF OXYCODONE IN CONNECTION WITH A PRIOR CASE, AND 49 YEAR OLD SCOTT HILL WAS CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF PROBATION ON A WARRANT OUT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.  ALL SEVEN WERE TAKEN TO THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL.