OKEECHOBEE — The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office Uniformed Patrol and Narcotics Task Force teamed up with Highlands County Sheriff's Office members, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and Homeland Security Investigations and arrested 10 individuals throughout Okeechobee County.

These arrests stem from several ongoing narcotic investigations for charges ranging from sales of Cocaine, Methamphetamine, MDPV, and even Marijuana.

Those arrested and their charges are as follows:

•  Virgil Dixon, 40, was charged with the Sale of MDPV. Dixon has been arrested multiple times for various felonies, including dealing in stolen property, threatening witnesses, and possessing dangerous drugs with intent to sell and manufacture.

•  Alphonso Morris, 29, was charged with the Sale of Cocaine. Morris has a history of arrests, including the sale and delivery of cocaine (arrested this past November), robbery by snatching, a history of fleeing and eluding, Aggravated Battery with the Intent to Kill (Domestic), and numerous battery and assault cases. Also, he has a history of criminal driving offenses.

•  Casey Casen, 44,  was charged with the Sale of MDPV. Casen has been charged 36 times with different offenses, ranging from aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest with and without violence, numerous domestic assault/battery arrests, and other misc. arrests.

•  Casey Bonaeu, 51,  was charged with the Sale of MDPV. Bonaeu has a history of burglary to unoccupied structures, aggravated assault, felony battery, aggravated battery on a pregnant woman, and numerous violations of probation.  

• Andrew Jackson, 22, was charged with the Sale of Marijuana - Jackson's arrests go from verbal threats, possession of marijuana, felony accessory to the fact, causing cruel death, pain or suffering to an animal, and numerous other minor offenses.

•  Lashay Butler, 49,  was charged with the Sale of MDPV. Butler's arrests range from possession of cocaine, sales of cocaine, resisting without violence, trespass, theft, and other minor offenses.

• Shirley Ardley, 57, was charged with the Sale of MDPV. Ardely has a history of drug paraphernalia arrests, battery, and possession of a scheduled narcotic with the intent to sell. Introduction of contraband into a detention facility and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription

•  Earl Rolland Thomas, 45, was charged with the Sale of Methamphetamine. Thomas has a criminal record for burglary, armed burglary, possession of controlled substances, possession of burglary tools, resisting arrest without violence, and possession of a controlled substance without prescription.

• Victor Mateo Lopez Garcia, 44, was charged with the Sale of Methamphetamine. Garcia, who goes by Mateo Lopez-Garcia, has several arrests for the sale of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Juan Jesus Sanchez Ruiz, 29, was charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamine. Ruiz, who goes by Juan Sanchez, was arrested and out on bond for trafficking in cocaine in August of 2023; these are the only two offenses in Okeechobee County.

All arrested individuals were booked into the Okeechobee County Jail without incident. The bond will be determined at their first appearance hearing