Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Division detectives conducted a buy/bust operation for trafficking MDMA on July 10.
The operation ended in the arrest of Denard Walker, 36, of Lakeland at 4802 Sterling Commerce Drive near County Line Road in Plant City. It concluded a three-month-long investigation on Walker. He was charged with trafficking in a controlled substance, child neglect, delivery of a controlled substance within 1000 feet of a convenience store, and possession of a controlled substance.
The child neglect charge came from him bringing a 12-year-old girl to one of the transactions.
Walker is a six-time-convicted felon and was released from prison in 2010. He served prison sentences for delivery/manufacture in cocaine and possession of methamphetamine. His arrest history also includes firearm possession and resisting law enforcement, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
He was released on bond for felony possession of marijuana in Polk County in March 2014 but the charge was recently dismissed.