Arrests Continue Related to Yesterday’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 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.

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

1. Jamison Ryan Bailey, age 21, of Maynardville, Tennessee
2. Tony Matthew Bailey, age 38, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
3. Bobby Lynn Brown, age 32, of Sharps Chapel, Tennessee 
4. Kevin Wayne Collins, age 37, of Sharps Chapel, Tennessee 
5. Richard Ray Cooper, age 44, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
6. Brenda Corum, age 31, of Luttrell, Tennessee 
7. Pamela Keene, age 40, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
8. Johnny Fred Gibson, age 49, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
9. Fred Najar, age 61, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
10. Tony Ray Odom, age 43, of Maynardville, Tennessee 
11. Mark Stephen Williams, age 43, 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 Sherriff’s Office assisted with the 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.