On Thursday, February 2nd, 2023, members of the Kinston Police Department’s Violent Criminal  Action Team (VCAT) and Narcotics Detectives with the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office concluded a three month drug trafficking investigation. The investigation ended with the execution of two  early morning search warrants that were served by the Kinston Police Department’s SWAT Team and the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team on the 500 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and on the 700 block of Williams St. Kinston, N.C.  

The listed individuals were arrested and charged with the following:  

500 block Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 

Rodney Meadows (35) 

Sale/Deliver Cocaine (3 Counts) 

Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon 

Felony Maintaining a Dwelling for the Distribution of Controlled Substance (4 Counts) Felony Conspiracy  

Possession with Intent to Sell/Deliver Cocaine 

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia