WAYCROSS, Ga. — A newly unsealed federal indictment accuses dozens of people, many of them in prison, of participating in an extensive drug trafficking operation across Georgia.
The indictment names 37 people in the Coffee, Atkinson, and Bacon County area, charging them with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, and marijuana.
Conviction on the charge carries a maximum penalty of up to life in prison for most of the defendants, along with large financial penalties, and a period of supervised release after completing any prison term.
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There is no parole in the federal system.
According to the indictment, the defendants are accused of participating in a conspiracy to import and distribute large amounts of illegal drugs in Douglas, Georgia and surrounding counties.
Many of the defendants are accused of directing the operation from inside Georgia state prisons using contraband cell phones.
The 60-count indictment includes the seizure of 21 illegally possessed firearms and more than $17,000.
The defendants named in the indictment include: Litarus Brinson, a/k/a “Ben Brokebefore,” 26, an inmate at the Jenkins Correctional Center; Christopher Brockington, a/k/a “Chris Brock,” 44, of Douglas; Keevon Bussey, a/k/a “Guado Gettinguap Gomez,” 26, of Douglas; Stacey Daniels, 32, of Douglas; Kenneth Davis, 62, being held in the Coffee County Jail; T’Kiya Eady, 24, of Lagrange, Georgia; Patrick Ellis, 42, of Atlanta; Anthony Gaskin Jr., 35, of Pearson, Georgia; Dacia Gaskins, a/k/a “Sheree Gaskins,” 31, of Douglas, a former Georgia state corrections officer; Ernest Goodman, 42, an inmate of the Ware County Jail; Christopher Hawkins, a/k/a “Rayshon Hawkins,” 30, of Douglas; Qudarious Hawkins, a/k/a “Don Esclobar,” 25, of Douglas; Breanna Henderson, 34, of Douglas; Corey Hill, 34, of Ambrose, Georgia; Demarcus Holland, 32, of Douglas; Wanda Hollinger, 57, of Douglas; Zarionna Holloway, a/k/a “Channel Parker,” 23, of Douglas; Roger Jenkins, 27, a/k/a “Glee Jenkins,” a/k/a “WMG Glee,” of Alma, Georgia; Marquan Jenkins, a/k/a “Anna Brooke,” a/k/a “Mary Thompson,” 30, an inmate at Macon State Prison; Richard Jewell, 51, of Douglas; Aaron Kahn, 49, of Douglas; James Lander, 35, Douglas; Jeffrey Maxwell, a/k/a “EBK Kokaine,” 28, an inmate of Wilcox State Prison; Darien McDaniel, 35, of Waycross, Georgia; Antarious McTear, 30, of Douglas; Adrian Munford, a/k/a “Jugg King,” 41, of Waycross; Ferlonzo Newton, a/k/a “Lonzie Newton,” a/k/a “Kell Newton,” 28, of Douglas; Reginald Powell, a/k/a “Yetti Glock,” 36, of Douglas; Patricia Raven, a/k/a “Ms. Pat,” 65, of Valdosta, Georgia; Marcus Reynolds, a/k/a “Marc Marc,” 44, an inmate at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison; James Robinson, 33, an inmate at Telfair State Prison; Sedarrien Smith, a/k/a “Slug Da Menace,” 24, of Douglas; Billy Toombs Jr., 32, of Douglas; Dequatte Tucker, a/k/a “Deshawn Tucker,” a/k/a “Esco,” a/k/a “Freeband Esco,” 33, an inmate at Wheeler Correctional Facility; Travis Tucker, 33, of Douglas; Assyria Watts, a/k/a “Jefe Cain,” 29, of Douglas; and, Brian Wright, 48, of Alma, Georgia.
“The FBI and our law enforcement partners were able to achieve today’s arrests and seizures because all of us never stopped working together, combining our resources, and advocating for a safer place to live for everyone in this community,” said FBI Atlanta Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brian Ozden. “And we will not rest until we bring back to our community a sense of security and law and order that is so greatly needed.”
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