Crime & Safety
Sheriff’s Investigators Make Drug Trafficking Arrest
Deputies recovered powdered cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy and other illegal drugs in an arrest Tuesday.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office made a drug arrest Tuesday, recovering large amounts of cocaine and other drugs. Jermaine Lamont Watford Jr., 26, was arrested and charged with multiple offenses.
Sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant in the 700 block of Graymont Avenue in Birmingham, based on information that drugs were being sold from two apartments at this location. Deputies recovered powdered cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy and other illegal drugs.
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Watford was charged Trafficking Cocaine, Trafficking Hydrocodone and Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance. His bonds total $205,000.
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