Operation Centennial Sweep a success
Barbara Layton
Reporter
Newly elected Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger is making a big impact in his first few weeks in office, by holding one of the state’s largest warrant sweeps to date.
Mellinger said the term “centennial” was coined based on the goal of 100 drug targets, distributors and dealers, that the departments set out to catch in Jackson County alone. “We actually exceeded that by coming up with 113 fresh new warrants,” he said.
“Charges vary from methamphetamine to heroin to fentanyl to cocaine to prescription narcotics, marijuana - a little bit of everything and a combination thereof.”