SELMA – The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office STAR Team and Narcotics Division executed a search warrant in the Selma city limits, Friday morning.
The target of the investigation was 44 year-old Jerome Pratt. Agents had to make forcibly entry into his apartment, owned by the Selma Housing Authority, on S. Sellers Street.
Inside the apartment, agents reportedly found 170 grams of marijuana and a firearm.
Pratt had been under investigation since April 2025. Agents said they were able to buy a total of 340 grams of suspected methamphetamine from Jerome Pratt during undercover drug purchases. The methamphetamine had an estimated street value of $34,000.
Pratt was arrested at his apartment and charged with five counts of trafficking methamphetamine, two counts of maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance, possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Pratt was confined in the Johnston County Detention Center under a $1,050,000 secured bond.
The Selma Police Department assisted with the execution of the search warrant.
