Kinston Police Department make arrests in fatal overdose
On Thursday, November 17th, 2022, the Kinston Police Department responded to a narcotics induced overdose death at Nations Inn, 410 E. New Bern Road, Kinston, N.C. During the course of the investigation it was determined that Dusty Wayne Taylor, 34, of Kinston was the distributor of the narcotics. Detectives were able to obtain warrants for 2nd Degree Murder for Taylor and on November 23rd, 2022, members of the Kinston Police Department and the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Teams executed a search warrant at Taylor’s residence located on the 600 block of Darden Dr. Kinston, N.C. During the search, detectives located and seized several firearms, ammunition, heroin, methamphetamine, money, suspected stolen property, and an unregistered suppressor.
The listed individuals were arrested and charged with the following:
Dusty Wayne Taylor (34)
2nd Degree Murder
Trafficking in Heroin
Possession with Intent to Sell/Deliver a C/S within 1000ft of a Park (Will King Memorial Park) Possession of a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Possession of a Stolen Firearm
Felony Maintaining a Dwelling for the Distribution of C/S
Rickey Allen Taylor (62)
Felony Maintaining a Dwelling for the Distribution of C/S
Suzanne Anderson (40)
Possession of Methamphetamine
OFA – Possession of Schedule II
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