MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — Martin County Sheriff's Office deputies said they arrested seven people and seized drugs and weapons during a recent crackdown on illegal activity along State Road 710 in Indiantown.
Deputies said they focused enforcement on the highway, which law enforcement identified as a corridor for transporting illegal substances between Palm Beach County and Okeechobee. During multiple traffic stops over the past couple of weeks, deputies said they intercepted fentanyl, methamphetamine, crack cocaine, syringes and other drug paraphernalia.
"We get a handful of people either they’re moving drugs for distribution or they’re just users themselves and kind of passing through from town to town but it is a well-known corridor," Joseph Collazo, captain of the Martin County Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol, said. "It’s off the beaten path as well. You know there’s a lot of interdiction efforts that go on on 95 and those major highway corridors so it is something that’s pretty well utilized to kind of stay under the radar."
In one traffic stop, deputies said they found three individuals with methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine residue. Just one day later, another stop along SR-710 resulted in the seizure of fentanyl and crack cocaine.
Deputies said the enforcement effort also uncovered illegal weapons. During a separate stop, deputies recovered a stolen handgun, a second firearm in the possession of a convicted felon and a large quantity of marijuana.
The Martin County Sheriff's Office announced on Facebook the arrests of the following individuals:
Michael Dale Cross, 41
Patricia Anne Asfour, 38
Freddy Lee Mott, 38
Shannon Keith Roseman, 45
Sean Michael Tutterow, 46
Thomas Domando, 34
Steven Richter, 36
