Villager picked up in drug raid

According to the Garland County Sheriff's Department, an early morning raid Thursday, April 11, on a suspected drug house by agents with the 18th Judicial District East Drug Task Force resulted in the arrest of five suspects on multiple charges.

The agents, with the assistance of the Garland County Tactical Response Team made entry and executed a search warrant at 111 Lac Trail, located off the 1700 block of Highway 7 north, around 6:30 a.m. and located five suspects inside along with 57 grams of marijuana, 26 smoking devices, two handguns and three rifles.

A DTF spokesman said the warrant was the result of having made some controlled buys of narcotics from the residence and surveillance.

Those arrested included the two listed residents, James Harold Edmonds III, 19, and Tasha Lana Edmonds, 29, who were each charged with felony counts of simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, punishable by up to life in prison, maintaining a drug premises, possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, with intent to deliver, unauthorized use of another person’s property to commit certain crimes and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Tasha Edmonds also had a warrant for failure to appear on a previous charge.

Also arrested at the scene was Gabriel Michael Rendon, 18, of 26 Paralina Way, Hot Springs Village, who was charged with simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of paraphernalia.

Also arrested were Ronald Anthony Chaney, 19, who lists an address of 219 Laredo Loop, and Cody Lee Duty, 18, no address listed, who were each charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of paraphernalia, but not charged in connection with the weapons or the residence.

As of Monday, Rendon remained in custody in lieu of $10,000 bond and Duty was still being held in lieu of $3,500 bond, but the others had all bonded out. All of the suspects are set to appear April 23 in Garland County District Court.
The DTF is comprised of officers with the Hot Springs Police Department, Garland County Sheriff’s Department and Arkansas State Police.

The above are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.