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RFPD makes drug arrests
$25K worth of cocaine recovered
Published Wednesday, May 20, 2009
A Crestview, Fla., couple was jailed Monday after a traffic stop yielded the largest cocaine find by the River Falls Police Department this year.
RFPD Chief Greg Jackson said Kenji Lynell Moore, 31, and Shannon Chambers, 26, now face charges of trafficking cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia after 250 grams of powered cocaine was found inside one of their vehicles.
Jackson said around 7:30 p.m., Moore and Chambers were noticed following each other in two separate vehicles southbound on U.S. Hwy. 84. Jackson said he and reserve officer Thomas Huggins observed the one of the vehicles perform a minor traffic infraction, which led to the traffic stop.
“(Once the vehicles were stopped) Ms. Chambers advised us that she used to work for the Florida Department of Corrections after which the officer detected a level of nervousness greater than for a traffic stop,” Jackson said.
During the stop, Jackson said Chambers refused consent to search the vehicle. As a result, the Andalusia Police Department officer Cody Warren and his drug dog were called to the scene.
“A positive alert by the K-9 officer and a subsequent search uncovered 250 grams of powdered cocaine in the air box filter of the vehicle,” Jackson said.
Jackson said Moore, who was in a separate vehicle with Chambers’ three minor children, was involved in the transportation of the cocaine and also charged with trafficking.
This is Moore’s second incident involving trafficking and the River Falls Police Department, Jackson said.
“Mr. Moore was stopped Feb. 25, 2004, by the River Falls Police Department traveling south towards Crestview (Fla.) with a large amount of cocaine, charged with trafficking and ultimately convicted,” he said. “We got him again.”
Both Moore and Chambers are being held in the Covington County Jail under a $503,000 bond.
Jackson said the three minor children were released into the custody of their grandmother.
Assisting in the arrest were Covington County Sheriff’s deputies, APD officers and agents with the Drug Task Force.
Street value of the seized cocaine is approximately $25,000.
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Posted by Ineedtobeheard (anonymous) on May 20, 2009 at 7:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Will they ever learn...??? Hiding cocaine in the air filter of a vehicle....it just gets better and better....maybe these two can sit and stew a while....hopefully in a "corrections" institution such as the one Chambers said she worked at...duh!
Posted by christykds (anonymous) on May 20, 2009 at 10:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I bet they get more time in the slammer than the sex offender!
Posted by sweetnannie (anonymous) on May 20, 2009 at 7:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yes, they will. Because a murderer get by with less. I know this from experience.
Posted by bubba (anonymous) on May 27, 2009 at 11:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Who in the world does this Jackson fella think he is? The headlines are supposed to read "DTF arrests two on the largest cocaine bust in history". Then the story should read:
A River Falls officer, enforcing the all new Alabama traffic law that states ' no husband and wife will transverse the street (Hwy. 84) of River Falls in separate vehicles with Florida tags', was able to swoop down on two vehicles as they attempted to make a mockery of the new law. Chief Investigator Officer jackson put'em on the shoulder [of the road] to bring an abrubt HALT to their shenanigans.
During the stop, the officer inadvertantly found something that he thought was maybe illegal. The DTF was called and when they arrived they confirmed that, yes, the officer is stupid, the substance was in fact illegal, they placed some people under arrest and they saved the world again by taking another drug kingpin off the streets. (of course, the DA and the Andalusia chief would have their regular BS quotes in there. ) "By departments working together and the DTF's highly tweaked incredible ability to "take" cases we are going to keep recreational drugs available to the decent upper middle to high class people," so says the DA. "Well, I'd just like to remind everyone that I'm the Chief of Covington County and if it were not for me and my greatness--there would be no arrests anywhere for anything. Because of me, people are able to live in this county and not worry about being a victim of a crime--because of me--the Chief----of Covington County----ME,"stated Chief Williams(THE CHIEF). Sheriff Meeks stated, " I-I-I, uhhh, t-t-t-that w-w-w-was, whew! r-r-r-really something t-t-t-t-t-there. Uhhh, ummm. Yep. S-O-M-E-T-H-I-N-G." In elaborating further, Sheriff Meeks smiled, gave a quick nod of his head, patted himself on the butt, and secretly told himself the money he spent on 'speaking in public' training classes was definitely worth it.
Honesty, pride, integrity, and guts. Bullbutter.
Posted by gordonsux2009 (anonymous) on May 28, 2009 at 5:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
bubba....you are an ignorant son of a (bad word)
Posted by bubba (anonymous) on May 31, 2009 at 12:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
gordonsuxdix2009- your mother.
Posted by rabbit2300 (anonymous) on June 4, 2009 at 2:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
does anyone know if they are related to the chambers on the south end of the county
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