The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office charged a group of people with selling prescription pills to undercover officers between December and March. It is the second set of charges for a Kannapolis pair who were charged last week with drug trafficking.
The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit, assisted by the Patrol Division, made the following arrests:
• Bobby Edward Gouldman, 55, of the 100 block of White Avenue, Kannapolis, was arrested May 27 and charged with two counts of sell or deliver a controlled substance, two counts of possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a controlled substance and two counts of maintaining a dwelling/vehicle. Officials said during the sting operation Gouldman sold 80 diazepam tablets to undercover officers. He was issued a $10,000 secured bond. Gouldman was charged a week ago with selling diazepam to undercover officers in February and March. He has since been released from the Rowan County Detention Center.
• Glenda Gail Deese, 53, of the 100 block of Arlene Avenue, Kannapolis, was arrested May 27 and charged with 10 counts of trafficking opium/heroin. Officials said Deese sold undercover officers 15 oxycodone tablets and 38 hydrocodone tablets. She was issued a $250,000 secured bond and remains in the Rowan County Detention Center. Deese was charged a week ago with selling oxycodone and hydrocodone pills to undercover officers in December and January.
• Terrie Irene Vorrosso, 45, of the 400 block of Union Heights Boulevard, Salisbury, was arrested May 30 and charged with one count of trafficking opium/heroin, one count of possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a controlled substance and one count of maintaining a dwelling/vehicle. According to reports, Vorrosso sold 52 hydrocodone pills to an undercover officer. She was issued a $15,000 secured bond and has since been released from the county jail.
• Sandra Nicole Ellis, 27, of the 900 block of Iredell Avenue, Spencer, was arrested May 30 and charged with three counts of trafficking opium/heroin, three counts of possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a controlled substance and three counts of maintaining a dwelling/vehicle.
During the investigation, Ellis sold 127 hydrocodone pills to an undercover officer, according to the report. She remains in the Rowan County jail under a $250,000 secured bond.
• Cindy Michelle Self, 40, of the 1200 block of Edgefield Drive, Salisbury, was arrested May 30 and charged with one count of trafficking opium/heroin and one count of possess with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a controlled substance. Officials said Self sold 35 oxycodone tablets to an officer. She was given a $50,000 secured bond and remains in the county jail.
Officials said they continue looking for other suspects who sold drugs to undercover narcotics officers.