TAMPA, Fla. — Two men, Ronald Hess Jr., 55, and Sedrick Coleman, 42, were arrested Friday for distributing dangerous drugs throughout Hillsborough County, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
Detectives said the pair were selling methamphetamine, fentanyl, and other illicit substances from a home in the 10300 block of Oak Avenue in Tampa. Hess, an eight-time convicted felon with past convictions for grand theft, cocaine trafficking, narcotics possession, and fraud, faces multiple charges including trafficking in amphetamines and fentanyl, possession of cocaine, and maintaining a public nuisance for drug activity.
Hess’s charges include:
Conspiracy to traffic in amphetamine (28 to 200 grams, two counts)
Trafficking in amphetamine (28 to 200 grams, two counts)
Trafficking in amphetamine (14 to 28 grams)
Delivery and possession of controlled substances
Trafficking in fentanyl (28 grams or more)
Trafficking in phenethylamines (10 to 200 grams)
Possession of cocaine
Keeping a public nuisance structure for drug activity
Coleman faces charges including:
Unlawful use of two-way communications device (three counts)
Trafficking in amphetamine (28 to 200 grams, two counts)
Delivery of controlled substances (two counts)
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Possession of controlled substances (seven counts)
Possession of cannabis (less than 20 grams)
Possession of cocaine
Possession of controlled substances with intent to sell or deliver
Both men are currently held at the Hillsborough County Jail.
Sheriff Chad Chronister stated, “If you’re peddling this poison in Hillsborough County, we are coming for you. These drugs don’t just ruin lives — they end them. Our detectives stopped these traffickers before their poison could claim another victim, and we’ll keep doing it, case after case, arrest after arrest.”
