Overview

• Operation Capital City Crackdown followed six wire intercepts and eight search warrants in Bartow and culminated in 32 arrests.
• Detectives seized thousands of grams of narcotics worth about $150,000 along with multiple firearms and $50,000 in jewelry.
• Sheriff Grady Judd identified Nathaniel “Nate” Donald as the alleged ringleader overseeing sales of marijuana, fentanyl, crack cocaine, MDMA and prescription pills.
• Troy Cortez Walker was indicted for first-degree murder in the overdose death of 65-year-old Irene Anderson.
• Officials cited suspects’ combined histories of 554 felonies and 394 misdemeanors, said they tracked suspicious wire transfers including one used to buy the chain, and noted the sheriff’s chain-wearing briefing drew wide online attention.