On 06/19/2023 Carteret County deputies and Morehead City police arrested Christopher Lee Mitchell, 34, of Seashore Dr, Swansboro and Jennifer Kay Caton Booher, 41, of Hickory Hills Rd, Cape Carteret following a narcotics investigation into the distribution of illicit street drugs in Carteret County.
On 06/19/2023 detectives with both agencies conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle operated by Christopher Lee Mitchell on Hickory Hills Road in Cape Carteret. Mitchell was an active absconder from probation and also had outstanding warrants. Booher was also present in the vehicle. Detectives conducted a search and discovered heroin and cocaine.
While at the Carteret County Jail additional packaged bundles of Heroin was located on Booher. Collectively 62 bags of Heroin was discovered and seized from Booher.
Booher was charged with possession with the intent to manufacture, sell, and deliver heroin, possession of cocaine, and possession of a controlled substance on a jail premises. She was placed under a $100,000 bond.
Mitchell was charged with possession with the intent to manufacture, sell, and deliver heroin and probation violations and placed on a $36,000 bond.