Hotel shooting leads to drug ring bust
RICHMOND — The man accused of shooting at a motel where his wife was staying is now under federal charges, along with six other people, for trafficking large amounts of cocaine in Madison County and elsewhere.
Jermaine Carter, 29, was arrested on an attempted murder charge Oct. 21 after witnesses told Richmond police he had fired shots at the Super 8 motel on North Keeneland Drive. His wife, Sarah Carter, and another woman were in the room at which he was allegedly firing. Sarah Carter told police she recently had filed for an emergency protective order against her husband, according to the federal complaint from Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives Agent Russel R. King.
All documents in the drug case were unsealed Jan. 6 by U.S. District Judge Joseph M. Hood, once all suspects were indicted.
The complaint states that on Aug. 9, 2010, a confidential informant for the Central Kentucky Area Drug Task Force purchased less than one gram of cocaine from Carter and Rodney E. Martin. The informant reportedly identified Carter by name to a task force detective, and a videotape shows Carter entering the apartment and handing the drugs to Martin, who then sold them to the informant.
On July 14, 2011, a confidential informant for the Drug Enforcement Agency purchased cocaine from Nikita M. Jenkins that was supplied by Carter, according to the complaint. This videotaped transaction reportedly took place at North Ridge Apartments on North Keeneland Drive, where Carter lived.
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Jermaine Carter, 29, was arrested on an attempted murder charge Oct. 21 after witnesses told Richmond police he had fired shots at the Super 8 motel on North Keeneland Drive. His wife, Sarah Carter, and another woman were in the room at which he was allegedly firing. Sarah Carter told police she recently had filed for an emergency protective order against her husband, according to the federal complaint from Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives Agent Russel R. King.
All documents in the drug case were unsealed Jan. 6 by U.S. District Judge Joseph M. Hood, once all suspects were indicted.
The complaint states that on Aug. 9, 2010, a confidential informant for the Central Kentucky Area Drug Task Force purchased less than one gram of cocaine from Carter and Rodney E. Martin. The informant reportedly identified Carter by name to a task force detective, and a videotape shows Carter entering the apartment and handing the drugs to Martin, who then sold them to the informant.
On July 14, 2011, a confidential informant for the Drug Enforcement Agency purchased cocaine from Nikita M. Jenkins that was supplied by Carter, according to the complaint. This videotaped transaction reportedly took place at North Ridge Apartments on North Keeneland Drive, where Carter lived.
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