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Timberlake man faces
drug-related charges
- 11/26/07

Deputies with the Person County Sheriff’s Department arrested Terry Lerenzo Yellock, 21, of 2735 Lucy Garrett Rd. in Timberlake Friday on a host of drug-related charges following a vehicle stop on Timberlake Drive.

During a search of the 1994 Acura driven by Yellock, deputies reportedly discovered 8.28 ounces of crack cocaine, which was wrapped in plastic, under the driver’s seat.

Yellock was charged with felony counts of trafficking crack cocaine by transport, trafficking crack cocaine by possession, possession with intent to sell and deliver crack cocaine and maintaining a vehicle for the sale and delivery of crack cocaine. Yellock was also charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Yellock was held under an $80,000 secured bond. He is scheduled to appear in Person County District Court on Dec. 4.

While conducting a license checkpoint Friday at the intersection of Crestwood Drive and Gordon Street, Roxboro police made a drug-related arrest.

Joe Joseph Lawson Jr., 18, of 65 Jessie Banks Rd. was charged with a felony count of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Police reportedly detected an odor of marijuana coming from Lawson’s vehicle when he stopped at the checkpoint. During a subsequent search of Lawson and the vehicle, police reportedly discovered 27 grams of marijuana in Lawson’s coat pocket.

Lawson was held under a $2,000 secured bond. He is slated to appear in district court on Jan. 10.






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