Crime
Undercover Detectives Make 6 Arrests At Daytona Beach Hotel In Drug Bust
Just ahead of spring break season, undercover detectives in Daytona Beach arrested an alleged methamphetamine dealer along with five other people.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said undercover detectives set up a “buy/bust operation” to buy narcotics and bust the seller at a Daytona Beach Hotel on Tuesday.
Undercover detectives met 54-year-old Jason Declemente to purchase $50 worth of methamphetamine, and immediately took him into custody.
At the same hotel, 33-year-old Dennis Upton exited a room on a bicycle and was arrested a short distance away on an outstanding warrant. The sheriff’s office did not specify the nature of those charges.
Four additional occupants at the hotel were arrested on “several charges”: 42-year-old Jennifer Stephenson; 42-year-old Corey Hodge; 41-year-old Edward Sanford; and 20-year-old Savannah Farr.
The sheriff’s office seized a total of 38 grams of methamphetamine during the operation.
