On 6/05/2020, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Anthony Yelverton, 62 years of age, of 591 Thomas Sugg Road in Snow Hill. Yelverton was charged with Trafficking in Cocaine by Possession and Trafficking in Cocaine by Transportation.

Yelverton was found in possession of a kilogram of cocaine, $32,889.00 in cash and 22 caliber revolver. A kilogram of cocaine has an estimated street value of $100,000.00.

Yelverton was confined in the Beaufort County Detention center under a $500,000.00 secured bond. Investigation is ongoing.