Pubdate: Tue, 19 Jul 2005
Source: Bolivar Commercial, The (Cleveland, MS)
Copyright: 2005 The Bolivar Commercial
Contact:  http://www.bolivarcom.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1775

DEA NOT TALKING ABOUT SHELBY BUST

SHELBY - On Friday the Drug Enforcement Agency made a major bust in 
Shelby, but so far the agency hasn't been willing to discuss what happened.

On Friday evening, DEA made an undisclosed amount of arrests in Shelby.

The agency did not work with the Shelby Police Department, but did 
seek aid from the Bolivar County Sheriff's Department.

Allegedly, $180,000 cash, an undisclosed amount of uncut diamonds and 
various narcotics were retrieved from Mary Sutton's home. She was 
arrested on charges stemming from the incident.

Darrell Christian, son of Shelby Mayor Robert Patton, was at Sutton's 
home at the time of the arrest. It is unclear at this time whether or 
not Christian was one of those arrested. All individuals were taken 
to the federal facility in Oxford.

The Drug Enforcement Agency refused to comment on the issue Monday 
morning, stating that the public relations person was unavailable and 
no one else could comment on the matter. Efforts to reach Patton 
Monday morning were unsuccessful.
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MAP posted-by: Beth