PTC arrests drug mom

Tue, 08/15/2006 - 4:47pm
By: John Munford

A Peachtree City mother was arrested Tuesday, accused of selling drugs in the presence of her two children, ages 2 and 5, police said.

Katherine Dean-Nunez, 25, of Merrick Drive, Peachtree City, was arrested Tuesday after officers executed a search warrant on her apartment at the Camden apartment complex off MacDuff Parkway, police said.

Among the narcotics found in her bedroom closet were xanax, ecstasy and methamphetamine, police said, adding that marijuana was also found at the home.

Dean-Nunez was charged with possession of xanax with intent to distribute, possession of ecstasy, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug related objects, police said. The arrest was the result of an investigation based on drug intelligence yielded by officers, police said.

The Fayette County Department of Family and Children Services responded to the scene to assist the children, police said.

Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call the department’s criminal investigations division at 770-631-2510 or the department’s crime and narcotics information hotline at 770-487-6010. Callers may remain anonymous.

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Submitted by IMNSHO on Wed, 08/16/2006 - 12:08am.

Props to the invesitgators and patrol officers who were involved in this. I know it is all just part of the job, but you still deserve kudos for a job well done.

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