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Updated: 2:49 PM Jul 30, 2008
UPDATE: Drug Sweep Includes Mother & Brother of Overdose Victim
Sheriff's Deputies arrested a mother and son on drug charges, only days after they buried another family member who died of a drug overdose.
Posted: 10:35 PM Jul 23, 2008Reporter: WSAZ News Staff Email Address: news@wsaz.com |
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Cabell County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a mother and son on drug charges, only days after they buried another family member who died of a drug overdose.
Geneva Maynard and Jason Ratliff were two of seven people arrested during a drug sweep Wednesday night.
Deputies tell us all the suspects were involved in selling heroin, prescription pills and cocaine.
Earlier this month, Maynard’s other son, Chris Ratliff, died after police say he swallowed a bag of heroin during a traffic stop.
At the time, Huntington Police Chief Skip Holbrook said the drug unit and DEA agents were questioning Ratliff and attempting to arrest him when Ratliff swallowed a bag of what police think was heroin.
Witnesses at the scene said Ratliff immediately fell to the ground. Holbrook says Ratliff suffered medical distress and they notified Cabell EMS. He was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center but died shortly after arriving.
Chris Ratliff’s family told us the day after his death that he has used a long list of drugs. But in the end heroin is what ended his life.
Wednesday night's bust was part of an ongoing investigation that had been in the work for several months. Investigators say more arrests are expected.
The three other people arrested are identified as Marsha Bledsoe, Tasha Alley and Joey Hodge.
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