SEVERAL ARRESTED DURING DRUG INTERDICTION

(Left) Trent Belton, Ronald Yeager (center) and Todd Johnson (right) were arrested during a drug interdiction in east Lincoln Monday night. All photos contributed.

By Jon Mayhew (DENVER) – Several arrests were made Monday night in what Lincoln County narcotics officers call a drug interdiction, which occurred in the McIntosh Road area off Highway 16.

Narcotics investigators stopped a vehicle coming off McIntosh Road at a high rate of speed leading to charges against the driver. Trent Bivens Belton, 44, 7975 Blackwood Road, Denver, was charged with one count each of driving while impaired, driving while license revoked, speeding, and two counts of failure to comply. He remains in the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center under a $2,007 secured bond.

A passenger in his vehicle, Ronald Dean Yeager, 6640 Larry Drive, Charlotte, was charged with probation violation. He was entered in the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC) out of Gaston County.

Narcotics officers also arrested Todd William Johnson, 39, 1966 Lucia-Stanley Road, Stanley, on one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Officers seized three crack pipes from his vehicle. Johnson was released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

Antonio Dewaine Green, 33, 4830 Sierra Drive, Denver, was issued a citation for simple possession of marijuana and having no operator’s license.

"Officers targeted the McIntosh Road area because it is a known drug area in eastern Lincoln County," said Lincoln County Sheriff's Office spokesman Larry Seagle.