Eight people face drug charges after Waveland house raided

Waveland Police on Friday raided a house on Meadow Lane and arrested eight people on drug charges.

According to police, residents had made numerous complaints about criminal activity at the house.

“We’d been getting a lot of complaints about that house and we were working on it and trying to find a way to get inside that house,” said Chief Mike Prendergast.

Waveland Police investigated and obtained a search warrant. At the house, officers found multiple bags of suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

• Billy Jack Thorman, 44, of Waveland: Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of paraphernalia
• Joseph Scott Dunhurst, 39, of Waveland: Possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia
• Hailey Michelle Guill, 26, of Kiln: four counts of contempt of court/failure to comply
• Ashley Michelle Escue, 38, of Bay St. Louis: Possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia, contempt of court. She also had an outstanding warrant from the state Department of Corrections.
• Gerald Wallace Slowey, 38, of Waveland: Possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia
• Adam Lee Noble, 34, of Waveland: Possession of paraphernalia
• Alyssa Michelle Thorman, 47, of Waveland: Possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia
• Female juvenile, 17: Simple possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia.

All subjects except the juvenile were taken to the Hancock County jail. Bonds are set and suspects face initial appearances this week.