Two men arrested, charged with trafficking heroin

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NC – Dewayne Walter Hardin, Jr. of Reidsville, NC and Jeffery Alan Roberts, Jr. of Summerfield, NC were charged and arrested Monday by Rockingham County Narcotics Detectives.

37-year-old Hardin is charged with:

• Two counts of Trafficking Heroin

• Manufacture, Sell, Deliver, Possess a Controlled Substance within 1,000 feet of a School

• Fleeing to Elude Arrest with a Motor Vehicle

• Reckless Driving to Endanger

• Resisting a Public Officer

Hardin was placed in the Rockingham County Detention Center under a $500,000 secured bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on February 27.

29-year-old Roberts is charged with trafficking heroin.

Roberts was arrested by the Guilford County, NC Sheriff's Office and placed in the Guilford County Detention Center under a $250,000 secured bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on February 25.

The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office says this investigation is ongoing and additional charges are anticipated to be forthcoming on both individuals.