Greene County deputies may have interrupted yet another contraband operation delivering material into the Georgia prison system last week.
As a result, Heron Casper Coffee, Jr., 33, of Lawrenceville, and Kelsey Devon Foulk, 33, of Griffin, were arrested Aug. 12 and charged with possession of tools for the commission of a crime.
According to reports, Sgt. Christian Hall conducted a traffic stop on a blue Jeep Compass with a New York registration traveling north on Highway 15 near English School Road.
As he approached the vehicle, Hall observed a large drone through the rear window of the car. The lights on the drone appeared to be covered with black duct tape.
The driver was identified as Coffee by his license and instructed to exit the vehicle. He said that he was coming from a friend’s house in Sparta, where he had been for a couple of hours, and was on the way back home. When asked about the lease agreement for the vehicle, Hearon stated that it was at home.
According to the report, Hall asked Coffee what his passenger’s name was, and he replied “Tony” and did not know his last name.
When asked how he met “Tony,” Casper stated, “We just cool.”
Hall then made contact with the passenger, who identified himself as Kelsey Foulk.
Based on the evidence before him, Hall believed Foulk and Casper may have been involved in smuggling contraband into the state prison system. The two were arrested and turned over to another deputy for transport.
After clearing the traffic stop, Hall spoke with an agent from GDC who confirmed that there was a drone sighting over a nearby prison. Hall also checked the vehicle registration on Flock, which showed the vehicle on Jones Street near Industrial Park South Bound at approximately 2104 hours. Three cell phones, along with the drone, were placed into evidence.
Greene deputies foiled two attempts to smuggle contraband into prison in May when Deputy Leo Sierra stopped a Kia Optima traveling eastbound on I-20 near milepost 132.5 on the afternoon of May 15 for failure to maintain lane. According to the report, Sierra found a drone covered in a blanket on the back seat.
On the passenger seat, Sierra found a cellphone with GPS navigation active and showed directions toward Hancock State Prison. Hill had a total of five cell phones in his possession.
Sierra also found two duffle bags containing more than 20 vacuum-sealed bags of tobacco, eight more cellphones, multiple phone chargers and earphones, two digital scales, four metal drill tools, eight 1-ounce vacuum-sealed bags of what appeared to be marijuana, a small clear bag containing orange pills (unknown substance), multiple packages of cigarette rolling papers, and a metal coffee cup filled with an unknown green liquid.
A few hours later, Hall stopped a Hyundai Genesis for a tag light violation on Highway 77 South and later found a DJI Inspire drone with two battery packs under a blanket in the trunk.
All the lights on the drone were taped with black electrical tape, and an improvised dropping device was attached to the bottom.
Hall also found two packages wrapped in plastic wrap, a green leafy substance suspected to be marijuana, and a digital scale.
Three metro Atlanta men were arrested Aug. 15, 2024, after a traffic stop in Greene County when a deputy found drones with the anti-collision lights covered during a search of a vehicle.
The drones had also been modified by placing plastic and wire pieces on the bottom to hold and drop contraband when directed by the pilot.
Deputies later determined the GPS coordinates were in the area of Hancock State Prison.