Press Release 06102021
Press Release 06102021
Press Release 06102021
On Thursday, June 10, 2021, Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree is pleased to
announce the arrests of several drug trafficking co-conspirators involved in the Larry Wright’s
Drug Trafficking Organization. Larry Wright and several of his associates were targeted in this
investigation. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division and the Federal Bureau
of Investigations Safe Streets Gang Task Force (FBI), in conjunction with the Georgia Bureau of
Investigations (GBI), Georgia Bureau of Community Supervision (DCS), and with support from
the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University concluded this year-long undercover drug
operation. This investigation has concluded with twenty-four seized firearms, thirty-one arrests
and two suspects that are pending arrest. This is a continuation of Sheriff Roundtree’s
commitment to the disruption and dismantling of dangerous drug trafficking organizations in our
community while also targeting those that support and enable these criminal drug trafficking
enterprises. Below are the thirty-three defendants identified during the course of this
investigation and the twenty locations that were searched:
Trafficking Cocaine
Possession of Methamphetamine
Possession of Cocaine
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32. Derrick Long, 30 years of age from Augusta, Georgia
ARRESTED
CHARGES: Possession of Schedule 1 with Intent to Distribute