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The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Task Force began an investigation into the sale and distribution of heroin and fentanyl in the Bluffton area after receiving a tip that illegal narcotics were being sold from a residence off of Cumpsee and Babe Place.
 
Investigators were able to identify the person responsible for selling fentanyl as Rocky Diablo Gadson, 41, who lives at the home.
 
Several controlled purchases of fentanyl were made by investigators during December 2022 and January 2023.   Investigators learned that Gadson was selling the potentially deadly product from the home where children also reside.
 
 As a result of the controlled purchases, investigators obtained seven warrants for Gadson’s arrest: three warrants for the sale and distribution of schedule II narcotics (fentanyl), three warrants for the sale and distribution of narcotics within the proximity of a school, and one warrant for unlawful conduct toward a child.
 
Today, Friday, January 20, 2023, deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle being operated by Rocky Gadson where he was taken into custody on the outstanding arrest warrants. 

Following the stop, investigators executed a search warrant at Gadson’s residence.  Additional charges may be forthcoming after this investigation is completed.
 
Rocky Gadson is incarcerated at the Beaufort County Detention Center and awaits a bond hearing.
 
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