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Eighteen Indicted for Conspiring to Distribute Crack in and Around Adair County

U.S. Attorney’s Office July 09, 2009
  • Western District of Kentucky (502) 582-5911

BOWLING GREEN, KY—A federal grand jury in Bowling Green returned an superseding indictment on July 8, 2009, against Roderick Curry, age 42, Mark Vincent Curry, age 52, Kelvin Bowers, age 22, Chad T. Bridgewater, age 36, Dion Ennis, age 19, Jarrid Decarlo Smith, age 32, Joshua I. Woodard, age 23, Travis Crew, age 26, Amanda Pepper, age 26, Lakeisha Jones, age 27, Shamonica Jones, age 24, Michael Troy White, age 46, Joseph “Tiny” Smith, age 47, Melissa Owens, age 29, John Andrew Johnson, age 24, Tavana Stone, age 27, Justin Dicken, age 22, and Steven Wayne Williams, age 51, on charges of conspiring to distribute over 50 grams of crack cocaine in and around Adair County, Acting U.S. Attorney Candace G. Hill of the Western District of Kentucky announced today.

The superseding indictment alleges that on July 2007, and May 20, 2009, the defendants all conspired to distribute crack cocaine in Adair County and elsewhere. The indictment also charges Roderick Curry with 13 counts of distributing crack cocaine, powder cocaine, hydrocodone and Suboxone, addictive Schedule III controlled substances. The indictment charges Mark Vincent Curry with eight additional counts of distributing crack cocaine and hydrocodone, Kelvin Bowers with four additional counts of distributing crack cocaine, Jarrid Decarlo Smith with one additional count of distributing cocaine, John Andrew Johnson with two additional counts of distributing crack cocaine and Methadone, Lakeisha Jones with two additional counts of distributing crack cocaine, Shamonica Jones with seven additional counts of distributing crack cocaine and hydrocodone, Amanda Pepper with three additional counts of distributing crack cocaine and hydrocodone, and Tavana Stone with one additional count of distributing crack cocaine.

In the event of a conviction, the maximum potential penalties are imprisonment for life and an $8,000,000 fine; and the minimum potential penalties are no less than 10 years’ imprisonment, a $4,000,000 fine, and supervised release for a period of no less than five years.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David Weiser, and it was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Kentucky State Police.

All of the defendants are scheduled to appear for arraignment before the United States Magistrate Judge on July 22, at 9:30 a.m., in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

The indictment of a person by a Grand Jury is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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