Bulloch Crime Suppression Team Investigation Leads to Narcotics Trafficking Arrests

After receiving an anonymous tip, the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office Crime Suppression Team began an investigation into a residence on Johnson Street in Statesboro. A search warrant resulted in CST Investigators, K9 Deputies, and BCSO Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team finding a trafficking amount of compressed tablets containing fentanyl and bath salts, a trafficking amount of cocaine, a large quantity of marijuana, and a drug related object. A dog was also found in extremely poor health. Dryan Markel Bartley was arrested on several drug related and trafficking charges, as well as animal cruelty. Marqueles Damon Dennis was arrested on drug related charges.

Dryan Markel Bartley

BCSO

BCSO

Marqueles Damon Dennis

From BCSO:

Acting on an anonymous tip, the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office Crime Suppression Team (CST) began an investigation into a residence located on Johnson Street in the city limits of Statesboro. The residence was reported to investigators as being used for trafficking narcotics. During the course of the investigation, a search warrant for the residence was obtained.

On 7/10/25 CST Investigators, K9 Deputies, and BCSO Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team (SERT) executed the search warrant. The search yielded a trafficking amount of compressed tablets containing fentanyl and bath salts, a trafficking amount of cocaine, a large quantity of marijuana, and a drug related object. Investigators also located a canine on the premises that was in extremely poor health. Investigators requested Bulloch County Animal Control to the scene, who took possession of the canine. Dryan Markel Bartley of Statesboro, GA and Marqueles Damon Dennis of Statesboro, GA were taken into custody and transported to the Bulloch County Jail for the following offenses:

• Dryan Markel Bartley
  -Trafficking Fentanyl (more than 28 grams)
  -Trafficking Cocaine (more than 28 grams)
  -Possession of Schedule I Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute (bath salts)
  -Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute
  -Tampering with Evidence (Felony)
  -Possession of Drug Related Object
  -Cruelty to Animals 

• Marqueles Damon Dennis
  – Possession of Schedule II Controlled Substance (Fentanyl)
  – Possession of Schedule I Controlled Substance (bath salts)
  – Possession of Drug Related Object

Sheriff Brown would also like to encourage citizens to contact the Crime Suppression Team with any complaints of drug activity that you may suspect. All complaints will remain anonymous and will be investigated thoroughly. Anonymous tips can be submitted online at https://bullochsheriff.com/anonymous-tip/. Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact Investigator Dylan Walden of Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office Crime Suppression Team.