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Feds bust 20 in large Dallas area marijuana trafficking conspiracy
Published: 18 January 2013 01:21 PM
New, 12:55 p.m.
Twenty people in the Dallas area have been charged in connection with a large marijuana trafficking organization, according to a federal indictment that was unsealed.
The defendants are charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. More than half of them are in custody, authorities said.
Federal and local police rounded them up following an operation that was conducted this week. Officers seized about 25 pounds of hydroponic marijuana, more than 600 marijuana plants, 10 vehicles and five firearms. Hydroponic marijuana is grown indoors, using mineral nutrient solutions in water instead of soil.
The agencies taking part include: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Internal Revenue Service; Dallas County Sheriff’s Department; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Dallas County District Attorney’s Office; and police departments in Desoto, Dallas, Balch Springs, Arlington and Midlothian.
The indictment charged the following defendants in the drug conspiracy:
–Sylvespa Eugene Adams, aka “Sylvesta Adams,” “Pa,” and “Paw,” 25.
–Alma Diane Smith, aka “Diane Williams,” 30.
–Michael Wayne-Cortez Ayers, aka “Big Mike,” 33.
–Isaac Demon Mathis, aka “Ike” “Issac Damone Mathis,” 30.
–David Laploise Jones, aka “Nino,” 31.
–Kory Lamonte Crayton, aka “Mokmu Tave” and “Coon,” 39.
–Taurus Kion Silmom, aka “T.K.,” 30.
–Nathan Dewayne Brown, 21.
–Connell Heads, 50.
–Marvin Jamel Fantroy, aka “Seven,” 32.
–Lamondrius Denard Kidd, 28.
–Modrick Jamal Spencer, 28.
–Waymon Madison, 39.
–Edward Lee Witherspoon, 50.
–Robin James Criss, aka “June Bug,” 30.
–Andre Demacus Reid, aka “Black,” 27.
–Rachael O’Neal, 20.
–Natasha Brown, 34.
–Jovanna Renee Bonner, 19.
–Precious Starr Lecreas Gowans, 30.
Adams and Smith are also charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The indictment says that since January 2010, they conspired with others to conceal their drug proceeds, including forming a business front to hide the money.
If convicted, the defendants could be sentenced to five to 40 years in prison and a $5,000,000 fine. The money laundering charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
Sylvespa "Paw" Adams: Once Accused of Beating a Kid Over Drug Money, Now Popped for Running a Large Dallas Weed Operation
Agents of nearly a dozen federal and local law enforcement agencies busted a large drug ring this week, arresting a dozen people and seizing 600 marijuana plants and 25 pounds of hydroponic weed.
The sweep -- conducted by Dallas PD, the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, Homeland Security and the IRS, among other agenices -- captured a majority of the 20 people charged last month with conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Court documents unsealed today identify the alleged traccickers, who go by a collection of moderately entertaining aliases: Sylvespa Eugene Adams, 25, is "Paw"; Robin James Criss, 30, is "June Bug"; Kory Lamonte Crayton, 39, is "Mokmu Tave" and "Coon."
The indictment itself is light on specifics, saying only that they had more than 100 kilos of marijuana they planned to sell and that and that two of the alleged dealers -- Paw Adams and Alma Diane Smith -- also laundered money.
As for how exactly this was carried out, the document offers that the "defendants ... arrange[d] for the acquisition of marijuana from both known and unknown sources" and "utilize[d] communication facilities including telephones and cellular telephones to discuss, negotiate and facilitate drug transactions."
Slightly more suggestive is the list of property the feds hope to seize. That includes 11 houses scattered throughout southern Dallas, two vacant storefronts on Riverfront Boulevard, and more than a dozen vehicles. Most of that -- including a Porsche, Bentley, and two Cadillacs -- belongs to Adams, who faces an additional charge of money laundering.
Police have had their suspicions about Adams for a while. In 2005, he was accused of going after a group of elementary school students who had stumbled upon tens of thousands of dollars of his drug money and were giving it away. Rumors of a threatened drive-by shooting at the kids' school prompted hundreds of students to stay home.
Adams was arrested for kidnapping and beating a 12-year-old boy over the lost cash, but he denied the charges and they were later dismissed. ("I'm not no kidnapper," he is reported as saying at the time. "I work.")
The drug charge carries with it a possible 40 year sentence and $5 million fine. For money laundering, the maximum penalty is 20 years and $500,000.
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