Crime Reports: Task force arrests 2 Bluffton men on drug charges

Published Monday, July 6, 2009

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Two Bluffton men were arrested Friday for drug charges after a months-long investigation by narcotics officers, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office news release issued Monday.

Travis Graham, 29, and Nasheem Heyward, 30, both were arrested after Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force officers executed a search warrant at the men's Pritchard Street home, the release said.

Officers found 61 grams of crack cocaine, 8.6 grams of marijuana, eight grams of cocaine, more than $3,100 in cash, a handgun, three rifles and a large cache of ammunition, the release said.

Graham, who was at home during the raid, was charged with trafficking crack cocaine, trafficking crack cocaine within a half mile of a school, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine within a half mile of a school, possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and possession of marijuana, the release said.

He is being held at the Beaufort County Detention Center, the jail log said. His bond is $105,570.

Heyward was charged with possession of crack cocaine and possession of marijuana, the release said. He was released from the detention center Saturday after posting a $10,570 bond, the jail log said.

The following reports were released Sunday and Monday by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office:

BURTON

THEFT

• Savannah Highway: A boat worth $20,000 stolen from Yamaha of Beaufort.

• Savannah Highway: A 1994 Ford pick-up truck worth $1,200, power tools worth $139 and a radio and television worth $559 stolen from home.

BEAUFORT

THEFT

• Tammy Lane: Tools worth $600 stolen from home.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND

THEFT

• Mathews Drive: Bike worth $100 stolen from parking lot.

• North Forest Beach: Purse worth $30 and $200 in cash stolen.