Carrboro police arrest local man twice on cocaine charges

Carrboro police have arrested a local man twice in the last month on cocaine-related charges.

Wayne Shonte Bodrick, 27, of Durham, was first arrested on July 27 and charged for several crimes, including felony possessing and selling cocaine.

Bodrick’s arrest comes as part of a rising number of cocaine-related arrests in recent years.

An analysis of Carrboro police records shows a 29 percent increase in arrests from 2010 to 2011 — a jump from 24 to 31 arrests.

There have been 21 cocaine-related arrests this year in Carrboro.
Of these, 10 were possession-related offenses similar to Bodrick’s.

The Chapel Hill Police Department has made 22 cocaine-related arrests this year, according to police data.

Bodrick’s case officer, Sgt. Jason Peloquin, said many arrested on drug charges are repeat criminal offenders.

Bodrick was also cited by Carrboro police in March for assaulting Amber Froneberger, his girlfriend at the time, according to a police report.

Bodrick was arrested on Aug. 10 by Officer Brad Ward at the Collins Crossing apartment complex, formerly Abbey Court Condominiums, on Jones Ferry Road.

The complex has been plagued by crime problems for years.
Ward said in the arrest report that Bodrick also had an outstanding warrant from Durham for fraud.

In the report, Ward said he recognized Bodrick’s vehicle — a blue Nissan Altima — when he pulled into the Collins Crossing apartment complex.

“Bodrick and Froneberger used the same Nissan multiple times for cocaine deliveries during the previous narcotics investigation,” he said.

“I pulled a folded $1 bill out of his right pants coin pocket and he said ‘Oh, that’s just some cut,’” he said.

“Cut” refers to a legal substance that drug dealers mix with cocaine to give their cocaine more volume.

But Ward then found a small amount of white powder inside the folded $1 bill that looked and smelled like cocaine.

Carrboro Police Lt. Chris Atack confirmed that Bodrick was found with powder cocaine.

Bodrick was charged with felony possession of cocaine and maintaining a vehicle for the sale of controlled substances.

His Nissan was seized for the investigation, according to the report.

Bodrick was held in Orange County jail on a $10,000 secured bond.
He has since been released, according to jail custody records.
Bodrick did not respond to requests for comment.

Although police records show an increase in cocaine-related arrests, Atack said he has not noticed a rise in cocaine-related arrests recently.

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