Birmingham police have arrested nearly one dozen people during an operation aimed at putting known heroin dealers behind bars.
In all, police obtained warrants against 13 people, but so far 11 have been captured, said Birmingham police spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards. Operation Broken Needle II took place from January through March.
Heroin deaths in Jefferson County jumped about 140 percent in 2014 in what authorities say is a steadily-growing epidemic not likely to end anytime soon. There were 123 confirmed heroin deaths countywide as of Dec. 29, and 18 more suspected heroin deaths at that time.
Jefferson County hit the 100 mark by October 2014, far surpassing the 2013 total of 58 deaths countywide. Accidental overdose from the euphoric drug directly killed 57 people in 2012 and was a contributing factor in five other deaths that year. That was nearly double the 2011 tally - 30- and drastically up from the years before that, which saw 18 deaths in 2009 and 12 in 2010.
There were 34 confirmed heroin deaths in Jefferson County in the first three months of 2014, with dozens of cases still awaiting confirmation pending toxicology testing. The area has also seen a sharp increase in overdose deaths from Fentanyl. In the first three months of 2015, 22 people died from an overdose of Fentanyl or a combination of Fentanyl and heroin, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.
Birmingham police launched Operation Sythe in June 2014 and carried out the initiative through December 2014. That effort focused on identifying those who sell heroin.
Then, in December 2014, investigators carried out Operation Broken Needle Phase 1 which led to the arrests of numerous heroin dealers identified through Operation Sythe. They continued that arrest effort with Operation Broken Needle Phase 2 which led to the arrests announced today.
The following are charged with crimes ranging from unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and unlawful distribution of heroin to trafficking heroin, Edwards said.
Those arrests announced today are: Lamarcus Rice, Jonathan Carter, James Harding, Rodrigous Gurley, Rodrigus Pearson, Justin Wages, Demetrius Holmes, Bobby Dixon, Bama Murphy, Megan Nethery and Kimberly Nethery.
In all, police obtained warrants against 13 people, but so far 11 have been captured, said Birmingham police spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards. Operation Broken Needle II took place from January through March.
Heroin deaths in Jefferson County jumped about 140 percent in 2014 in what authorities say is a steadily-growing epidemic not likely to end anytime soon. There were 123 confirmed heroin deaths countywide as of Dec. 29, and 18 more suspected heroin deaths at that time.
Jefferson County hit the 100 mark by October 2014, far surpassing the 2013 total of 58 deaths countywide. Accidental overdose from the euphoric drug directly killed 57 people in 2012 and was a contributing factor in five other deaths that year. That was nearly double the 2011 tally - 30- and drastically up from the years before that, which saw 18 deaths in 2009 and 12 in 2010.
There were 34 confirmed heroin deaths in Jefferson County in the first three months of 2014, with dozens of cases still awaiting confirmation pending toxicology testing. The area has also seen a sharp increase in overdose deaths from Fentanyl. In the first three months of 2015, 22 people died from an overdose of Fentanyl or a combination of Fentanyl and heroin, according to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.
Birmingham police launched Operation Sythe in June 2014 and carried out the initiative through December 2014. That effort focused on identifying those who sell heroin.
Then, in December 2014, investigators carried out Operation Broken Needle Phase 1 which led to the arrests of numerous heroin dealers identified through Operation Sythe. They continued that arrest effort with Operation Broken Needle Phase 2 which led to the arrests announced today.
The following are charged with crimes ranging from unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and unlawful distribution of heroin to trafficking heroin, Edwards said.
Those arrests announced today are: Lamarcus Rice, Jonathan Carter, James Harding, Rodrigous Gurley, Rodrigus Pearson, Justin Wages, Demetrius Holmes, Bobby Dixon, Bama Murphy, Megan Nethery and Kimberly Nethery.
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