Multi-Agency Probe Targeting Drug-Related Corruption Nets Numerous Arrests of Individuals Charged with Drug Trafficking, Illegal Gaming, and Dealing in Stolen Property

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 numerous 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. Jay Michael Collins, age 52, of Maynardville, Tennessee
2. Willa Dean Collins, age 55, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
3. Tonya Elaine Cox, age 36, Maynardville, Tennessee 
4. Dylan Boyd Devault, age 40, of Luttrell, Tennessee (University of Tennessee Police Officer and Union County Sheriff’s Office Reserve Deputy) 
5. Loria L. Devault, age 34, of Luttrell, Tennessee 
6. John “Moon” Hubbs, age 52, of Maynardville, Tennessee (former Union County Constable) 
7. Theodore Jerome, age 55, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
8. Michael Shane Jones, age 22, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
9. Arlin Logan Norton, also known as Logan Norton, age 20, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
10. Sherry Kaye Norton, age 53, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
11. Daniel Wayne Overholt Jr, age 32, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
12. Lisa Campbell Pratt, age 46, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
13. Charles Joseph Seymour, age 38, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
14. Timothy Allen Summers, age 43, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
15. Floyd Earl Thomas, also known as “White Boy,” age 48, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
16. Allen P. Wilkerson, age 46, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
17. Mark Aaron Williams, age 22, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
18. Stanley Scott Wynn, age 35, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
19. Christopher Wyrick, age 23, Luttrell, 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.