Three men with outstanding arrest warrants met late Friday night in Snow Hill. That there were allegedly marijuana and crack cocaine present didn’t help.
Greene County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested David Ray Coppedge, Quenton Earl Johnson, Quinton Melton and Tarik Kunta Wade at a residence at 212 Connie Circle.
The four men were found to be in common possession of 7 grams of marijuana and 1.5 grams of crack cocaine. Johnson allegedly had an additional 29.8 grams of marijuana in his possession.
Each is charged with felony possession with intent to sell or distribute a Schedule II controlled substance, felony possession with intent to sell or distribute a Schedule VI controlled substance, felony possession of cocaine and felony maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for keeping or selling a controlled substance.
Johnson received one more felony maintenance charge than his fellow defendants, and also drew a higher bond, at $60,000. Coppedge, Melton and Wade all received bonds of $40,000.
All but Melton, 23, were served warrants for an earlier incident.
For the outstanding warrants, Coppedge, 29, received a $100,000 bond for felonies kidnapping, assault inflicting serious bodily injury and possession of a firearm by a felon. Johnson, 23, was also wanted on kidnapping and possession of a firearm by a felon charges and was given a $100,000 bond. Wade, 31, charged with assault inflicting serious bodily injury and possession of a firearm by a felon, took a $60,000 bond.
The four suspects were taken into custody at Greene County Jail.
Detectives James Hinson and Charles Boyette, the arresting officers, were unavailable for comment.
Coppedge, Johnson, Melton and Wade are due in Greene County District Court on Feb. 1.
Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 or wes.wolfe@kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter at WolfeReports.