Okaloosa County Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Made Arrest Five on Search Warrant
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Date: Jul 23 2024 3:37 PM
OKALOOSE COUNTY :Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Special Response Team, executed a narcotics and explosives search warrant at 702 Whippoorwill Lane in Destin this morning.
During the execution of the search warrant, investigators located narcotics paraphernalia and other additional evidence related to a separate ongoing criminal investigation.
• 24-year-old Richard Welch, Jr. has been charged with resisting the execution of a search warrant and an out of county warrant.
• 31-year-old Joseph Warren has been charged with resisting the execution of a search warrant.
• 49-year-old Russell Wilkes has been charged with possession of narcotics paraphernalia.
• 53-year-old Richard Mandolini has been charged with possession of narcotics paraphernalia.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force is comprised of members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Crestview Police Department, Fort Walton Beach Police Department and Niceville Police Department. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the Bay County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms for their assistance.
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