NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
October 17, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
TASK
FORCE ARRESTS TWO HIGH-LEVEL DRUG DEALERS
The Okaloosa
County Sheriffs Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force has arrested two high
level narcotics dealers and confiscated large amounts of cocaine and cash in
33-year old Terrance Ramone Merritt (pictured left) and 22-year old Jasmine Rene
Jones (pictured right), both of 217 Moriarity Street, are charged with
trafficking in cocaine over 400 grams, trafficking in MDMA over 28 grams, and
possession of marijuana over 20 grams. Merritt is also charged with possession
of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The Drug Task Force executed a search warrant early Tuesday morning at the
The investigation is ongoing.
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