MIDDLEBURG – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office’s SWAT team dropped the hammer on March 22 with a pre-dawn raid that resulted in the arrest of five people on Mimosa Avenue on a variety of drug charges.

The sweep was part of its Hammer and Hope program, which vows to take drug dealers off the streets and offers treatment options to families and individuals fighting addictions.

The raid resulted in the arrests of:

• Charles Wade Holland, 36, of Middleburg, was charged with selling methamphetamine and delivering or distributing fentanyl.

According to the affidavit for an arrest warrant, Holland sold 1.3 grams of methamphetamine and 1.1. grams of fentanyl for $40 to a confidential informant on March 11.

When he was arrested, deputies said he had a rifle in a shed where he was living. He was charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon since it was inside his dwelling.

His bond was set at $200,009.

• Loranzia Outin III, 47, of Middleburg, was charged with selling methamphetamine, possessing cocaine, two counts of possessing controlled substances, possessing drug paraphernalia and three counts of the possession of firearms and/or ammunition.

His bond is $242,523.

• Rebecca Lynn Fisher, 31, of Middleburg, was charged with the sale and delivery of fentanyl, the sale, manufacturing or delivery of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl, introduction of fentanyl into the Clay County Jail and possessing drug paraphernalia.

According to the affidavit for an arrest warrant, Fisher is accused of selling .6 grams of methamphetamine and one buprenorphine pill for $40 on Feb. 29, 2023. The other charges were related to other outstanding warrants.

Once at the jail, detention deputies found fentanyl in a body cavity.

Her bond is $192,520.

• Destiny Cheyenne Sears, 29, of Middleburg, was charged with selling methamphetamine, using a cellphone to facilitate a felony and selling methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a place of worship.

According to her affidavit for the arrest report, she is accused of selling a half-gram of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of the First Baptist Church of Middleburg for $100 to a confidential informant working for the Clay County Sheriff’s Office on March 12.

Her bond is $350,012.

• Heather Leigh Kangas, 40, of Middleburg, was charged with owning a house where controlled substances were being distributed.

Her bond is $20,002.