Owensboro, KY – A federal grand jury in Bowling Inexperienced, Kentucky, returned a two-count indictment on February 15, 2023, charging twelve defendants with conspiring to own with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
U.S. Lawyer Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Appearing Particular Agent in Cost Shane Catone of the DEA Chicago Subject Division, Particular Agent in Cost Jerry C. Templet, Jr. of the Division of Homeland Safety Investigations, Particular Agent in Cost Jodi Cohen of the FBI Louisville Subject Workplace, Chief Artwork Ealum of the Owensboro Police Division, and Sheriff Brad Youngman of the Daviess County Sheriff’s Workplace made the announcement.
In accordance with the indictment, the next 12 defendants have been every charged with conspiracy to own with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine between July 2022 and February 14, 2023:
Probability Morton, 34, of Owensboro, Kentucky;
Nicholas Stallings, 38, of Forest Park, Georgia;
George James, 52, of Hawesville, Kentucky;
Desmond Morton, 38 of Owensboro, Kentucky;
Morgan Anderson, 36, of Owensboro, Kentucky;
William Simmons, 49, of Owensboro, Kentucky;
Johnny Albury, 55, of Owensboro, Kentucky;
Charles Hudson, 44, of Vero Seashore, Florida;
Ellis Parker, 64, of Owensboro, Kentucky;
Willie Mosley, 55, of Hagerstown, Maryland;
Brian Ray, 36, of Philpot, Kentucky; and
Lindsay R. Harper, 39, of Hawesville, Kentucky.
The defendants are in custody and scheduled to make their preliminary court docket appearances earlier than a U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose of the U.S. District Courtroom for the Western District of Kentucky tomorrow. If convicted, all defendants face a compulsory minimal sentence of 10 years and a most sentence of life in jail. A federal district court docket choose will decide any sentence after contemplating the U.S. Sentencing Pointers and different statutory components. There isn’t any parole within the federal system.
The DEA, FBI, HSI, Owensboro Police Division, Daviess County Sheriff’s Workplace, and the Appalachia Excessive Depth Drug Trafficking Space (HIDTA) Owensboro-Daviess County Drug Job Drive are investigating the case, with the help of america Postal Inspection Service, the Kentucky State Police DESI-West, the Indian River County (Florida) Sheriff’s Workplace, the Indiana State Police, america Lawyer’s Workplace for the Southern District of Florida, america Lawyer’s Workplace for the Center District of Florida, america Lawyer’s Workplace for the Northern District of Georgia, america Lawyer’s Workplace for the Northern District of West Virginia, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Workplace, america Secret Service, and the ATF.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Frank Dahl and Mark Yurchisin are prosecuting the case.
This effort is a part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Job Drive (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level legal organizations that threaten america utilizing a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency method. Extra details about the OCDETF Program will be discovered at www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
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