Sheriff: More than 50 face charges Operation Autumn Harvest

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office started early Monday morning, fanning out in an attempt to arrest more than 50 people targeted in Operation Autumn Harvest.

Thirty were taken into custody by late afternoon and another 23 are being sought, said Iredell Sheriff Darren Campbell. A total of 70 were targeted in the roundup.

Several arrested were being led in handcuffs from the sheriff’s office up to the Iredell County Detention Center Monday morning. Approximately 13 people were seen in detention clothes at 7:45 a.m., and another dozen in plain clothes were led out roughly 30 minutes later. By 4 p.m. 30 people had been charged and 23 were listed as wanted in a news release from the sheriff’s office.