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Local woman gets high bond on drug trafficking charges

Charged in separate felony drug cases were, top row, Whitney Brumfield and Damon Mobley, and, bottom, Haley Molly Jenkins and Johnny Xavier Fowler.

By Lightning Reports, Published: November 18, 2021

 A 33-year-old Hendersonville woman was jailed on a $263,500 bond after being arrested on multiple drug trafficking charges, the Henderson County sheriff's office said.

The arrest resulted from a traffic stop in the Patty's Chapel community of northern Henderson County.

Whitney Brumfield is charged with two counts of trafficking opium or heroin, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, maintaining a vehicle for storage of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

In a separate bust, the Sheriff’s Office Crime Suppression Unit arrested four people while assisting state probation officers in the search of a house at 39 Courtney Lee Lane in the Big Hungry area. While at the residence officers seized trafficking amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and oxycodone, the sheriff's office said.

Arrested were:

• Damon Mobley, 44, of Hendersonville, on charges of possession of methamphetamine, trafficking, opium or heroin. He was jailed on a $81,000 bond.
•  Haley Molly Jenkins, 25, of Hendersonville, on charges of trafficking, opium or heroin and possession of methamphetamine. Bond was set at $110,000.
• Johnny Xavier Fowler, 21, of Flat Rock, on charges of trafficking opium or heroin andx possession with intent to distribute a schedule II controlled substance. He was jailed on a $108,000 bond.

Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin urges anyone with information regarding suspected drug activity to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 828-694-2954 or submit an anonymous tip via the mobile app, which is available for download for free in the App Store and Google Play by searching for “Henderson County Sheriff.”