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37 indicted in Mahoning County drug trafficking ring
    #22015963 - 07/29/15 04:41 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

http://wkbn.com/2015/07/21/37-indicted-in-mahoning-county-drug-trafficking-ring/

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, members of the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force and Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains announced on Tuesday that a 261-count indictment has been filed against 37 individuals accused in connection with a drug trafficking organization operating in Mahoning County.

moreinfoPhotos: Mahoning Co. drug arrests

The indictments follow a heroin trafficking investigation led by the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force’s Drug Unit with assistance from DeWine’s Heroin Unit. Prosecutors with DeWine’s Special Prosecutions Section, acting as special assistants to the Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office, presented the case to a Mahoning County grand jury Thursday, and members of the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force’s Drug Unit served arrest warrants in connection with the case on Tuesday.

“The primary goal of large-scale investigations like this is to go after the main drug traffickers who are profiting from addiction, dismantle their drug operations, and hold them accountable,” DeWine said in a news release. “Heroin is taking lives and tearing families apart all across Ohio, and state, local, and federal authorities will continue to work together to bring these trafficking organizations down.”

Among the 37 suspects indicted was Terrence Rushton, 32, of Youngstown, who is believed to be the ringleader of the group. He was charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, trafficking in heroin, complicity to trafficking in heroin, aggravated trafficking in drugs, trafficking in cocaine, money laundering and having weapons while under disability. Rushton was arrested on the charges Tuesday morning.

An additional 12 individuals identified as the main and mid-level operators of the organization were also charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity and multiple other drug-related charges.

Those indicted include:

    Kia Brown, 28, Youngstown
    Ashanti Bunch, 39, Youngstown
    Michael Cain, 37, Youngstown
    Rodney Carter, 33, Youngstown
    Kelvin Crenshaw, 28, Youngstown
    Jason Currie, 31, Austintown
    Randy Cox, 34, Austintown
    Kim Davis, 28, Lisbon
    Nick Davis, 27, Youngstown
    Corbin Detwiler, 33, Rogers
    Charles Frohman, 31, Girard
    Diego Gonzalez, 26, Youngstown
    Katie Grist, 29, Youngstown
    Natalie Habib, 22, North Jackson
    Lucas Hanshaw, 32, Youngstown
    Darla Harrison, 49, Youngstown
    Trevon Howell, 25, Youngstown
    Marquis Huffman, 22, Youngstown
    Keith Johnson, 26, Youngstown
    Hiawatha Johnson, 28, Youngstown
    JuJuan McKeithen, 40, Youngstown
    Stephanie Morehead, 26, Lake Milton
    Dominic Pelligrini, 22, Mineral Ridge
    Mark Piroch, 26, Youngstown
    Alana Reese, 21, Canfield
    Samuel Richard, 26, Youngstown
    Terrence Rushton, 32, Youngstown
    Shenika Rushton, 33, Youngstown
    Albert Santiago, 30, Columbiana
    Michael Shugart, 28, Youngstown
    Heidi Smith, 31, Mineral Ridge
    Matthew Treharn, 30, Youngstown
    James Vespasian, 33, Struthers
    Jeff Wess, 51, Youngstown
    Brandon Williams, 24, Youngstown
    Raymond Wright, 36, Youngstown
    Joe Zimmerman, 24, Youngstown



“Today’s arrests are the result of a lengthy investigation, which used a multitude of conventional investigative techniques that consisted of seven-day work weeks, often 24 hours a day,” said Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force Detective Greg Wilson in the news release.

Additional charges listed in the 261-count indictment include possession of heroin, aggravated possession of drugs, possession of cocaine, felonious assault, receiving stolen property, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, and possession of marijuana. A major drug offender specification was also filed against 15 of the defendants.Multiple forfeiture specifications for property alleged to have been obtained through the commission of illegal felony drug abuse activity were also filed for items such as guns, ammunition, body armor, stun guns, and multiple vehicles.

The Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force is made up of authorities from the Austintown Township Police Department, Canfield Township Police Department, Poland Township Police Department, Adult Parole Authority, Beaver Township Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Liberty Township Police Department, Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office, Springfield Township Police Department, Struthers Police Department, Youngstown Police Department, and Youngstown State University Police Department.

Authorities working as part of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program also assisted with the investigation, and those with the U.S. Marshals Service assisted task force members in serving Tuesday’s arrest warrants.

DeWine created the Heroin Unit in 2013 after information gathered by the Attorney General’s Office revealed an increasing rate of heroin overdose deaths across the state. The unit is made up of authorities from the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Special Prosecutions Section, and Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission. The unit also includes education and outreach specialists from the Attorney General’s Office.


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