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Green Meadows sweep results in 18 trafficking arrests

By Lightning Reports, Published: May 22, 2021

An eight-month investigation by the Henderson County Drug Task Force resulted in the execution of six search warrants and 16 arrests in the Green Meadows community and two arrests in Henderson County outside the city, the sheriff’s office reported.

Law officers from seven agencies joined drug task force members in the sweep of Operation WaveRider, which began after numerous complaints of drug trafficking and numerous overdose cases in Hendersonville and Henderson County.

Detectives identified Kendall Angram as the supply source for various controlled substances associated with the overdoses and were able to identify numerous individuals associated with Angram’s drug trafficking organization. As a result of the search warrants executed late last week, detectives located and seized quantities of cocaine, heroin/fentanyl, methamphetamine, marijuana, MDMA/Ecstasy. Detectives also seized $12,000 in cash as well as seven firearms.

Arrested and processed through the Henderson County Sheriffs Office’s Detention Facility were:

• Kendall Deron Angram, 34, of Hendersonville: trafficking in methamphetamine; maintain a dwelling for purposes of sell/deliver a controlled substance (2 counts); continuing a criminal enterprise (cce); felony conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine; trafficking in heroin/opiates - level 1. Angram is currently being held with a $998,000 bond.
• William Keeion Smith, 34, of Hendersonville: trafficking in cocaine; maintain a dwelling for purposes of sell/deliver a controlled substance; felony conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine; felony possession of schedule 1; possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana; felony conspiracy to aid/abet a continuing criminal enterprise; three probation violations. Smith is currently being held under a $758,000 bond.

• Trayvon Rasheen Downs, 22, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise; and conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine; felony possession of cocaine; maintain a dwelling for purposes of sell/deliver a controlled substance; felony hit/run with injury; and failure to appear (2 counts). Downs received a $271,000 bond.

• Ronald Lee Peak, 40, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise; and conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine. Peak received a $70,000 bond.

• Reggie Bernard Smith, 39, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise; and conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine. Smith received a $225,000 bond.

• Gail Samantha Smith, 56, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise; and conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine. Smith received a $225,000 bond.

• Christopher Lee Angram, 32, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise; and conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine. Angram received a $225,000 bond.

• Alexa Rae Melgar, 23, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise; and conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine. Melgar received a $225,000 bond.

• Shanterria Iranisha Davis, 26, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine. Davis received a $225,000 bond.

• Michael Lindsay Jones, 35, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy to sell/deliver schedule II. Jones received a $225,000 bond.

• Adam Michael Trexler, 34, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine. Trexler received a $225,000 bond.

• Logan Trey Jones, 25, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine. Jones received a $225,000 bond.

• Tristan Lee Haas, 30, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise; conspiracy to sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance; and two probation violations. Haas received a $55,000 bond.

• Bridgett Danielle Walker, 29, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise; conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine; possession with intent to sell/deliver schedule II. Walker received a $425,000 bond.

• Andreas Saucedo, 37, of Saluda: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy to sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance. Saucedo received a $225,000 bond.

• Wanda Roxanne Flores, 33, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy to sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance. Flores received a $225,000 bond.

• Christopher Dale Brown, 36, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy to sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance. Brown received a $225,000 bond.

• Tyler Cole Pace, 29, of Hendersonville: Felony conspiracy to aid & abet a continuing criminal enterprise; conspiracy to sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance; failure to appear. Pace received a $237,000 bond.

Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin and the Henderson County Drug Task Force thanked the Hendersonville Police Department, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for their assistance in Operation Waverider. This investigation is still ongoing, and additional persons may be arrested based on their involvement with Angram and his associates.

Griffin urged anyone with information regarding suspected drug activity to contact the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office at 828.694.2954 or submit an anonymous tip via the Sheriff’s Office mobile app. The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office mobile app is available as a free download in the App Store and Google Play Store – Search “Henderson County Sheriff”