7 facing federal drug charges
Published 1:59 pm Wednesday, February 20, 2019
- Top, from left, are Samantha Ann Combs, 26, Brandon Duane Combs, 33, and Michael Shane Durham, 39, all of Cullman. Bottom, from left, are Tonya Lynn Brock, 42, of Crane Hill, Kristie Michelle Self, 42, of Bremen, Danny Ray Tucker, 51, of Crane Hill and Daniel Wayne Peek, 33, of Jones Chapel.
Seven Cullman County residents are facing federal drug charges following a joint law enforcement effort that placed the suspects in custody.
Danny Ray Tucker, 51, and Tonya Lynn Brock, 42, both of Crane Hill, Kristie Michelle Self, 42, of Bremen, Daniel Wayne Peek, 33, of Jones Chapel, and Michael Shane Durham, 39, Brandon Duane Combs, 33, and Samantha Ann Combs, 26, all of Cullman, were arrested Wednesday and charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
According to the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), agents with the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET), alongside sheriff’s deputies and investigators, assisted U.S. Marshals and DEA officers in making the arrests in Cullman County Wednesday. All of the suspects previously had been arrested by the sheriff’s office on related drug charges. Through the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama, the Department of Justice picked up the drug cases.
“These arrests yesterday were a good day in the fight against drug dealers here in Cullman County,” said Sheriff Matt Gentry in a press release. “I can tell you during my 20 years in law enforcement drug dealers do not want to be indicted by the Department of Justice.
“I would like to thank the CNET agents, deputies and investigators for not only the job they did yesterday by locating all these defendants again but also the job the continually here in Cullman County to combat drug dealers. I would also like to thank U.S. attorney Jay Town and his office for always being accessible and willing to work with us to get drugs and criminals out of Cullman County.”
In the same statement, Town said the arrests “represent the hard work of our law enforcement partners, the depth of which continues to grow, and exemplifies our collective efforts to return our neighborhoods to their rightful owners…the law-abiding citizens. For those alpha criminals convicted of federal crimes, the Department of Justice has reserved bed space in federal prison, where there is no sanctuary of parole.”
