Rockingham Police Department - 311 E Franklin Street - Rockingham NC 28379 (910) 895 - 2468

Rockingham Police credited inter-agency cooperation with a drug bust that resulted in the arrest of three men and the seizure of marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy.

Kenny McBride, 34, of Hawkins Lane, Rockingham, was arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana, maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was set at $25,000.

Fred Douglas McBride¹, 30, of Hawkins Lane, Rockingham, was arrested and charged with two counts of trafficking marijuana, trafficking cocaine, possession with intent to sell or distribute marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting a public officer. Bond was set at $50,000.

Police Chief Robert Voorhees said the investigation began when the Fayetteville Police Department discovered approximately 11 pounds of marijuana in a Fed Ex package bound for Hawkins Lane in Rockingham. The discovery was reportedly made during a routine examination of a Fed Ex truck with a drug-detecting police K-9 officer.

Then, a Fayetteville policeman made the delivery in a van that resembled a Fed Ex van, while members of the tactical units of both Rockingham Police and the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office waited in the back.

After the package was accepted, a search warrant was executed on the residence, which uncovered approximately 2.5 ounces of cocaine, video surveillance equipment, money and ecstasy.

“It is only the spirit of cooperation between law enforcement agencies that cases like this can come to a satisfactory resolution with an arrest,” Voorhees said. “Since we created our drug team, I have said we need to take a regional approach to fighting drug abuse, and the cooperation of the Fayetteville Police Department and the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office allowed to put these bad guys in jail.”

During the execution of the search warrant, another vehicle approached the residence, and a traffic stop was conducted uncovering about 57 grams of marijuana.

Tyrone Davis was arrested and charged with possession with intent to sell or distribute marijuana, maintaining a vehicle to keep a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond was set at $1,000.

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The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation vice narcotics unit assisted by the Rockingham Police vice/narcotics unit was investigating drug activity on Osbourne Road in Rockingham. Detectives approached the residence and Christopher Chad Leviner, 23, Osborne Road, Rockingham and Cory Antwan Womble, 27, Beeler Avenue, Hamlet, were under a shelter allegedly cooking crack cocaine. Both suspects fled on foot. A K-9 was deployed and caught Leviner in a wooded area behind the residence. Womble fled the area and warrants were issued for his arrest. Anyone that knows the whereabouts of Womble, is asked to call the sheriff’s office or Richmond County Crime Stoppers. The caller may remain anonymous and may receive a reward if the information leads to arrests.

“This is part of our continued efforts to work the drugs out of our communities throughout the county and doing it with the efforts of working with other agencies like RPD and the district attorney’s office. Doing so just gives us more men on the ground to get the job done.”, said Sheriff James E. Clemmons Jr.

” It is very rare we actually catch someone in the process of cooking the dope like we did in this case, which netted a seizure of 5.7 ounces of cocaine, 5 grams of marijuana and 97 methadone pills.”, said Sheriff Clemmons.

Rashetta Antawoniece McNeil, 18, Crestway Drive, Rockingham, was arrested in a vehicle in the yard where Leviner and Womble were cooking the dope. She was charged with maintaining a vehicle for a controlled substance and conspiracy to traffic cocaine. Bond was set at $5,000.

Leviner was charged with trafficking cocaine, possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, sell and delivery of cocaine, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest. His bond was set at $50,000.

The Rockingham Police Department made two arrests for drugs during a routine stop on Hancock Street in Rockingham.

Lillian Cook Oxendine, 42, Flowers Street, Rockingham, was arrested and charged with felony possession of crack cocaine - Schedule II controlled substance. Her bond was set at $1,500. Thurman Nelson, 32, Judith Ann Drive, Hamlet, was also arrested during the stop and charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine and a failure to appear on a probation violation. His bond was set at $11,000.