THOMASVILLE — A Magnolia Street residence had been under surveillance when Thomas County/Thomasville Narcotics/Vice agents decided to take action.

Agents arrested Rodney Wayne McCoy Jr. and Lemoses Phillip Carr, and McCoy faces a series of charges.

“We had information he’d been selling drugs — molly, cocaine — and we had made some buys at his home,” said Louis Schofill, narcotics/vice commander.

With a search warrant in hand, agents approached the house on March 6 and saw a vehicle parked by back steps of the house. 

Schofill said the vehicle was running and a vehicle door was open. Also, marijuana and a loaded .380 semi-automatic pistol were in plain view.

Upon entering the house, agents encountered McCoy and Carr.

Schofill said agents found multiple bags of molly in Carr’s pockets and more bags of molly and crack cocaine in a bedroom.

A safe at the residence contained about $1,200.

Officers seized the money, the firearm, the drugs and arrested McCoy and Carr. The quantity of contraband found in a drug bust means a step up to the federal level in the prosecution process.

While McCoy faces federal charges, Carr’s case will be prosecuted by the state.

McCoy, 32, is charged with cocaine possession with intent to distribute, possession of a Schedule I controlled substance with intent to distribute, firearm use by a convicted felon in the commission of a crime, firearm possession by a convicted felon and misdemeanor marijuana possession.

Carr, 34, 109 Wade St., is charged with two counts of possession of a Schedule I controlled substance with intent to distribute.

Senior reporter Patti Dozier can be reached at (229) 226-2400, ext. 1820