BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Two Brevard County residents are facing charges related to meth trafficking after investigators said they sold drugs to a confidential source twice.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Crystal Young, 37, of Cape Canaveral, and Leroy Pendleton, 55, of Cocoa, on Thursday.
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Investigators said Young and Pendleton were trafficking crystal methamphetamine throughout Brevard County. Officials said a joint operation involving FDLE, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, Melbourne Police Department and Cocoa Police Department captured Young and Pendleton selling crystal methamphetamine to a confidential source twice, for a total of 17 grams.
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Pendleton, who entered probation after pleading guilty for failure to re-register to the sheriff’s office as a sex offender just days before investigators recorded him selling crystal meth, was also arrested for probation violation.
Young and Pendleton were booked into the Brevard County Jail on Thursday, Young on a no-bond status pending first appearance, Pendleton on a $101,000 bond.
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The case will be prosecuted by the Office of the State Attorney, 18th Judicial Circuit.
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