Narcotics agents with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested two people Thursday after allegedly finding drugs in a vehicle in which children were also riding.
Osbaldo Avellaneda, 27, of Lawrence Street in Sanford, and Sandra Giral, 22, of Alder Lane in Sanford, face multiple charges including trafficking opioids by possession and transport, conspiracy to traffic opioid or heroin, possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, possession with intent to sell and deliver a Schedule II controlled substance (methamphetamine), possession of Schedule III controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, three counts of misdemeanor child abuse, and possession of marijuana.
Details about the circumstances surrounding the arrests weren’t immediately clear, but the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said they occurred early in the morning Thursday and were the result of a joint investigation with the Moore County Sheriff’s Office. A press release from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office indicated that Avellaneda and Giral were allegedly “in possession of trafficking amounts of Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Fentanyl, as well as distribution amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine,” and that during the arrest “Giral’s three minor children were present inside of the vehicle near opioids and drug paraphernalia.”
The press release noted that Avellelaneda was “on post release during this incident from criminal charges and was wearing an ankle monitor.” The North Carolina Department of Correction’s website shows a criminal record for him dating back to 2016 for charges including larceny of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon, and multiple drug charges.
Avellaneda was jailed on $500,000 secured bond, Giral received a $300,000 secured bond.
You have to question the intellectual level, and the professional ethics of any court that would require these children be returned to their parents, or anyone in this family who is a relative..You cannot pretend all involved as family members did NOT know what was taking place..Who with any sane logic would want them back in an environment where their lives are drug filled with parents who obviously care very little for them, their lives and their ability to live a normal life..
Sanford, NC courts for these little ones is an obscene joke..Their safety as in the past with other helpless little ones, has been a shameful disgrace by requiring them to go back to the atmosphere that is a death threat to them..The lives of children are second place..The right for drug dealers and sellers to contaminate the lives of their children, and the lives of others, is more important apparently!!
Why haven’t these worthless parents also been charged with Contributing to the Delinquency of Minors by selling drugs around them, and carrying them openly while children present. That, plus Reckless Endangerment of the Life of a Minor when they had theses substances in their homes?! Children in Sanford, NC obviously are a commodity and not a valuable treasure..The laws failure to protect them shows that.. Time to clean house and make changes in the next election..
Hi Cody,
I completely agree with your statements. Do you know where I can get a foster license. I was involved in the foster care system in FL and I have not been able to find an agency.
Blessings
go to NCCF online, fill out papers, keep fingers crossed (only way I am familiar with)
The National Center for Children and Families is what I should have said, and just noticed that the initials are not quite enough, since several use them.