12 Arrested in St. Pete Drug Crackdown

A dozen people face criminal charges following a St. Petersburg Police Department investigation into illegal drug activity in the downtown area.

Undercover officers made the arrests Thursday night at the conclusion of a long-term investigation, the agency announced in an email to media. Those arrested are all accused of selling narcotics to undercover officers.

Two of those arrested have been identified as dancers at Club Lust, 340 1st Ave. N. Another club employee was also arrested.

Those charged are:

Ericka Retina Littles, 26

• Charges: Sale/possession of marijuana and sale and possession of cocaine

Nichole Jean Russ, 29

• Charges: Possession of marijuana

Jacob Cisneroz, 25

• Charges: Sale and possession of Alprazolam and failure to appear on a spice charge

Willard Cullen Gatlin, 48

• Charges: Sale and possession of Alprazolam

Edward Drake Rodrigue, 53

• Charge: Sales and possession of Oxycodone

Lily Liyen Wan, 28

• Charges: Sale and possession of marijuana

Brian Lee Borland, 24

• Charges: Sale and possession of marijuana

Ernie Donnell Doctor, 54

• Charges: Sale and possession of Hydromorphone

Steven Leon Green, 20

• Charges: Sale and possession of cocaine

Leandre Green, 34

• Charges: Possession of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine

Roy Bert Oliver, 33

• Charges: Sale and possession of Hydrocodone, trafficking morphine, sale and possession of morphine

Rashard Jamall Jordan, 22

• Charges: Sale and possession of marijuana, violation of probation burglary, resisting arrest

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