{"id":18956,"date":"2017-11-15T16:23:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T21:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=18956"},"modified":"2017-11-22T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T20:50:25","slug":"eleven-charged-in-kennedy-street-w-drug-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/eleven-charged-in-kennedy-street-w-drug-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven charged in Kennedy Street W. drug bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven residents of Aurora and Georgina have been charged following a drug bust on Kennedy Street West last week.<br \/>\nAccording to York Regional Police, the charges stem from an investigation which began in early October into \u201csuspects who were believed to have been trafficking a variety of drugs\u201d from a home at 320 Kennedy Street West.<br \/>\n\u201cAs the investigation progressed, officers determined that drugs were being stored in the residence and drug interactions were taking place inside the residence as well as in a park across the street.\u201d<br \/>\nEight individuals were arrested on Monday, November 6 and Tuesday, November 7 after \u201cinteracting\u201d with the residents of the home in question.<br \/>\nShortly after 8 p.m. on the Tuesday night, a search warrant was executed on 320 Kennedy Street west and York Regional Police say they found three people inside along with more than 200 grams of cocaine, five pounds of cannabis, more than 1,300 Xanax pills, 28 Oxycontin tablets, two replica hand guns, more than $17,000 in Canadian dollars and $3,600 in counterfeit U.S. cash.<br \/>\nCharged in the home were Sammy Wehab, 21, Derek Kieback, 20,  along with a 17-year-old female, all from Aurora.<br \/>\nCharges include possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine, cannabis, oxycontin, and alprazolam; possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and possession for a weapon for a dangerous purpose.<br \/>\nThe charges have not been proven in court.<br \/>\nCharged with possession of cocaine and cannabis are Debra Miller, 55, and Edward Stewart, 56, both of Aurora, along with Cody Wegg, 20, Bethany Morell, and a 16-year-male, all from Georgina. Charged with possession of cocaine is 21-year-old Owen Woodcock of Aurora, and charged with possession of cannabis are a male and female, both 17, and both from Aurora.<br \/>\nThe charges have not been proven.<br \/>\nAnyone with information is asked to contact the York Regional Police Guns, Gangs and Drug Enforcement Unit at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7817, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-tips, leave an anonymous tip online at www.1800222tips.com or text your tip to CRIMES (274637) starting with the word YORK.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F18956&#038;t=Eleven%20charged%20in%20Kennedy%20Street%20W.%20drug%20bust&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F18956&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F11%2F2017-11-16-13.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Eleven%20charged%20in%20Kennedy%20Street%20W.%20drug%20bust\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F18956&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Eleven%20charged%20in%20Kennedy%20Street%20W.%20drug%20bust&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F18956\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven residents of Aurora and Georgina have been charged following a drug bust on Kennedy Street West last week. 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