By By Lisa Tindell – news writer
Task force: Drugs, shoebox of money found in bust
Brewton Police are on a manhunt.
Three area residents are in custody and a fourth person is being sought in connection with a drug seizure at 1306 Sowell Road on Monday, police said.
Agents with the 21st Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force along with officers from the Brewton Police Department and the Escambia County Sheriffs Department said they executed a search warrant at the residence of Kevin Deandrea Campbell. The residence is located at 1306 Sowell Road.
Agents are currently searching for Campbell, 19, who is also known as &#8220Yak,” in connection with the seizure of drugs at his residence.
Campbell is identified as a black male, with a birthday of Sept. 21, 1987.
Those who have a tip for police on Campbell's whereabouts should call 867-3212.
Arrested in the bust was Reco McNeal, 31, of 700 Lovelace Ave. in East Brewton. He has been charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
Also arrested was Barbara Ann Peterson, 39, of 1306 Sowell Road. She was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. McGougin said Peterson is the mother of Kevin Campbell.
Sedric Howard, 24, of 100 Montgomery St. was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
The three arrested are awaiting a bond hearing and are being held at the Escambia County Detention Center until bond can be set.
Agents said they recovered 156 bags of marijuana, two bags of crack cocaine, two bags of powder cocaine, digital scales and $18,303 in cash in a shoebox.
The 21st Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force is comprised officers with the Escambia County Sheriff's Department, Atmore Police Department, East Brewton Police Department, Brewton police Department, Flomaton police Department, Escambia County District Attorney's Office, Poarch Police Department and the Escambia County Commission.
The Task Force receives 50 percent of its funding from a grant funded by the bureau of Justice Affairs Division of the United States Department of Justice and which is administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
The remainder of funding is provided by the Escambia County Sheriff's Department, Atmore Police Department, Brewton Police Department and the Escambia County District Attorney's Office.