FCSO late night patrols lead to drug dealer arrests

Palm Coast Observer
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Late-night patrols by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office this week have resulted in getting several drug dealers off the streets.

It started Tuesday night, May 10, when a pair of dealers, who have been jailed a combined 25 times over the past 14 years, were involved in a traffic stop in Bunnell which led to multiple drug-related felony charges for each of them.

The driver of the Silver Hyundai pulled over by deputies was 32-year-old James Wesley Moore, of South Daytona, who is being held on no bond, after drugs, a stun gun and $6,480 was recovered. Moore has been behind the bars of the Flagler County facility 17 times in the past 15 years. During those stays, he has faced a combined 21 felony charges.

Moore’s 33-year-old passenger, Chris Tyrone Brown Jr., of Bunnell, was also arrested on drug charges; he was released on $5,500 bond. Brown has been booked at the jail eight times on 13 different felony charges. He also served more than five years in state prison for cocaine-related charges.

“These poison peddlers are habitual offenders that are selling poison in our community. Twenty-five total trips to the Green Roof Inn for this pair is ridiculous,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said. “They have faced 34 total felony charges dating back to 2007. My deputies are great at enforcing the law, but the criminal justice system needs to do its job.”

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, FCSO deputies conducted a traffic stop on a Silver Nissan driven by Daniel Josue Senatus, of West Palm Beach. During the investigation deputies searched the vehicle which yielded nearly 15 pounds of pot and .9 grams of cocaine.

When deputies asked why he was in possession of so much marijuana, he claimed it was for personal use and he bought it in bulk to avoid having to buy it so often. When he was questioned about why marijuana was separated into individual baggies, he had no response.

Although he has no previous charges in Flagler County, Senatus has faced 11 felony charges in South Florida over the past nine years.