A county lines drug dealer who exploited and stole from a Leamington Spa woman has been jailed.

In 2024 following an arrest for suspected supply of class A drugs, Warwickshire Police officers discovered a series of messages referring to a county line operating under two names – "Levi", and "Cuzzy".

A county line is a phone number operated for the sale of drugs.

An extensive bank of conversations on the phone showed the line's history, including when it was sold to Jay Carmen, 38, of Swallows Close, Bromsgrove.

The conversations also allowed detectives to link the line to Stephen Kincaid, 40, of Broadleaf Drive, Warwick and Charlotte Simmons, 35, of Broad Street, Bromsgrove.

Carmen also operated under the alias of "Noah Carmen", under which name he also committed acts of fraud and burglary against a woman in Leamington Spa, stealing jewellery and access to her bank account.

In late June 2022, Carmen had posted an advert on NextDoor, saying he could do manual jobs in return for a place to stay – an offer he was taken up on, and asked to paint the victim's kitchen.

Carmen left before the kitchen had been completed, and the victim then noticed a series of strange transactions in her account (£728 successful and a further £19,999 attempted).

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She also discovered that £1,000 worth of jewellery had been taken from her home.

Carmen, in November 2024, informed his customers through the Cuzzy Line that he was raising money for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, with a portion of money from the drug sales going towards charity.

Although a fundraising page was established (under the name "Noah Carmen"), no money was ever donated.

Carmen and Simmons were arrested on 10 June 2025, when their home on Swallows Close was searched under warrant, revealing bags of cocaine, a notebook with notes referring to drug dealing, and a note reading "Line for you" sitting next to cocaine remnants.

Kincaid was also arrested on 10 June, and a search of his property found a "tick list" (a record of owed money for drugs), a linked mobile phone, and a zombie knife.

On 30 April 2026, Jay Carmen was found guilty of the following offences and sentenced to eight years in prison:

• Being concerned in the supply of cocaine
• Concealing, disguising, converting, transferring, and/or removing criminal property
• Two counts of fraud by false representation
• Burglary of a dwelling and theft

Charlotte Simmons was found guilty of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and concealing, disguising, converting, transferring, and/or removing criminal property, and has been jailed for two years.

Stephen Kincaid was found guilty of being concerned in the supply of cocaine and possessing an offensive weapon in a private place, and was jailed for three years and two months.

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Investigating officer DC Dubad said "Carmen took possession of an established county line and, with the assistance of Kincaid and Simmons, continued to feed cocaine into Warwickshire with no consideration to the people whose lives he was ruining – both those who he was selling to, and those victimised by a long and violent international production route.

"Carmen has also directly defrauded and stolen from a woman who trusted him enough to bring him into her home.

"Warwickshire will not miss Carmen while he is away, nor will it miss Kincaid or Simmons."