Crime & Safety
Boy Arrested for Selling Crack Near His Elementary School
The 12-year-old boy was among eight people arrested in connection to illegal crack cocaine sales near Samoset Elementary School.
OUTSIDE SARASOTA, FL -- A 12-year-old boy faces a charge of selling crack cocaine near his elementary school, according to the local sheriff's office.
The boy was among eight people arrested after a two-month investigation into alleged sales of illegal drugs near Samoset Elementary in Bradenton.
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said that six suspects are still at large.
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The alleged transactions were taking place at a home about a block from the school, according to investigators.
Detectives seized 1.8 grams of oxycodone (18 pills), 11 grams of rock cocaine and 3.9 grams of marijuana.
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According to TBO.com, the following adults were charged:
- Castora Moesley, 52, faces charges of child neglect and sale of a controlled substance with 1,000 feet of a school.
- Tabitha Guthrie, 30, faces charges of sale of rock cocaine with 1,000 feet of a school.
- Pascual Betancourt, 26; William Hunt, 24; Roy Woods, 21; Christopher Dixon, 34; and Linda Martini, 37, sale of a controlled substance with 1,000 feet of a school.
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