May 1, 2021 12:11 PM
DeLand, FL - Investigators obtain 17 arrest warrants and apprehend 16 individuals who are now facing drug charges in an operation launched following a string of homicides in West Volusia. The Volusia Sheriff’s Office (VSO) launched the operation and targeted high-crime locations in the DeLand and Deltona areas. Investigators say the operation was prompted by violent crime, including a recent string of homicides in these areas. Since last Friday (April 24), deputies have investigated the deaths of 27-year-old Clifton Hafner of New Smyrna Beach, who was shot in Spring Hill; and 23-year-old Marvin Keith Evans III of Sanford, who was found shot dead in Deltona. Deputies have since obtained 17 arrest warrants connected to this operation—known as Operation Sales-2-Cells —resulting from ongoing investigations of drug sales. Between Thursday and Friday (April 29, 30), law enforcement made 16 arrests and seized a 9mm handgun and an array of na
Volusia County Sheriff s Office deputies and detectives arrested 16 people in DeLand and Deltona as part of an operation prompted by a spree of crimes in the past week, including two homicides.
The operation Thursday and Friday resulted in seizure of a large assortment of illegal drugs as well as a 9 mm handgun in possession of a convicted felon, according to a news release from the Sheriff s Office. The agency also released video showing two of the arrests.
Here s who got arrested
The suspects arrested in the raid were Antwon Smiley, 33; Tyson Ross, 31; Jason Dobson, 36; Brandon Williams, 31; Adam Hornung, 40; Robert Rodriguez, 29; Brandon Harris, 35; Shawn Ingle, 50; Freddie Farley, 58; Eileen Foley, 59; Tasha Green, 35; Kenyonte Grimes, 18; Rhonda Schnidt, 34; Micheal Lortos, 41; Troy Nisbett, 45; and a 17-year-old whose name was not released.