MUrder charges filed

Sheriff Hartman reports,
 
On December 4, 2023, Davie County Sheriff’s deputies were called to 167 Dogwood Lane, Mocksville, N.C. for a report of a medical emergency. Upon arrival, Sheriff’s Office deputies located Candace Collett deceased in the basement of the residence.  Deputies requested the assistance of the criminal investigation unit and detectives responded to the scene.
Over the course of the past 5 months, Detectives have conducted an extensive investigation into the death of
Ms. Collett. Multiple interviews were conducted with persons that were on scene the night of her death and other persons that may have had information relative to the case.  Detectives also attended the autopsy of the decedent and were able to obtain multiple search warrants for information that may be relevant to the case. The investigation and autopsy indicate that Collett died from a fentanyl overdose and that the drugs were supplied to her by several persons.
 
On Monday April 22, 2024, Detectives presented the case to the Grand Jury in Davie County.  The Grand Jury returned indictments on the following individuals for the charge of 2nd Degree Murder, Death by Distribution, and Conspiracy to sale and deliver fentanyl.
 
William Franklin Tatum, age 46                  $500,000 secured bond
Mocksville, NC
 
Brent Sanford Jones, age 43                      $200,000 secured bond
127 Norma Lane, Advance, NC
 
Lanny Rodgers Collett, age 43                   $200,000 secured bond
Mocksville, NC
 
Jessica Nicole Ferry, age 41                       $200,000 secured bond
Mocksville, NC

All four persons were taken into custody on 4/29/2024 at the following locations:
Mr. Collett was taken into custody at a job site in Bermuda Run.
Tatum was served while incarcerated in the Davie County Detention Center on other charges.
Jones was taken into custody at his residence.
Ferry was taken into custody at Southern Family Medicine in Mocksville, NC.
 
The Davie County Sheriff’s Office remains committed to thoroughly investigate crimes involving narcotics, including the delivery, sharing of, or sale of drugs that then cause a person’s death. We will never stop working to arrest and prosecute those who provide drugs in our community.