Additional Individuals Arrested as Part of Today’s Multi-Agency Probe Targeting Drug-Related Corruption

FBI Knoxville Special Agent in Charge Richard L. Lambert, TBI Director Mark Gwyn, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigative Division (IRS-CID) Supervisory Special Agent David Martin, and District Attorney General Paul Phillips announce the arrests of additional individuals on May 24, 2011, who are charged with drug-related and other criminal offenses. These arrests represent the culmination of a long-term, multi-agency, undercover investigation targeting illegal activity in Union County, Tennessee.

Throughout the day, the following individuals were arrested, without incident, as part of the ongoing investigation:

1. Douglas Roy Acuff, age 40, of Maynardville, Tennessee
2. Jeffery Brown, age 42, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
3. Joshua David Chesney, age 26, Maynardville, Tennessee 
4. David Eugene Cooper, age 40, New Tazewell, Tennessee 
5. Jerry Lynn Cooper, age 35, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
6. Brenda Corum, age 31, of Luttrell, Tennessee 
7. Robert A.Fraker, age 40, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
8. Misty Hatfield, age 32, of Sharps Chapel, Tennessee 
9. Jeremy Hubbs, age 20, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
10. Angela Cheryl Jordon, age 39, of Tazewell, Tennessee 
11. Joseph Adam Leonard, age 27, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
12. Judy Hubbs Najar, age 59, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
13. Stephen Michael Shelton, age 27, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
14. Charles Eddie Stephens, age 35, of Tazewell, Tennessee 
15. Brian Curtis Wynn, age 29, of Maynardville, Tennessee

All arrests were made pursuant to state capiases’ issued in Tennessee’s 8th Judicial District following the grand jury’s return of a multiple count indictment charging the above named persons. This investigation was a collaborative effort between the TBI and the Knoxville offices of the FBI and IRS-CID. Troopers from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, officers from the 8th Judicial Drug Task Force, and deputies from the Union County Sheriff’s Office assisted with today’s arrests.

Anyone with information related to this matter is encouraged to call the FBI’s toll free tip hotline at 888-678-6720.

Members of the public are reminded that an indictment constitutes only charges and that every person is presumed innocent unless or until their guilt has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.