November 13, 2012
Contact: Public Information Officer
Number: 954-660-4602

NOV 13 (ORLANDO, Fla.) – United States Chief District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced Willie Shelly (35, Apopka) last week to three years in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute BZP pills (a drug that mimics the effects of “Ecstasy”).

In March 2010, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Orlando District Office Enforcement Group and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit initiated an investigation, dubbed “Operation Woodchop,” into multiple individuals operating in Zellwood and Tangerine, Florida. These individuals were known to be associated with one another and involved in criminal activities, operating in two neighborhood-based street gangs, the “Zellwood Boyz” and the “Tangerine/Terrell Boys.” These two gangs operated only a few miles apart from one another and often worked together or through criminal affiliates to engage in drug trafficking and other crimes within a small geographical area.

Between June 2011 and October 2011, twenty-four individuals were charged with federal drug and firearms violations as part of Operation Woodchop. Subsequently, they were all convicted of felony offenses and sentenced in federal court. In addition to the federal charges, more than 20 individuals were charged with state crimes as part of Operation Woodchop. The state charges included drug violations, murder and property crimes.

Name	Age/Residence	Charges/Sentence Imposed
Daniel Baldwin	34/Eustis	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances 90 months
Darius Bentley	24/Eustis	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances 60 months
Quentin Bradford	22/Eustis	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances 36 months
Stanley Campbell	27/Tavares	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances 100 months
Tramyian Doston	20/Tangerine	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances 120 months
Daciane Hill	29/Tangerine	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled substances 60 months
Samantha Hill	20/Tangerine	Using a telephone to facilitate a drug conspiracy Probation two years)
Tywon Hill	35/Tangerine	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled Substances/110 months.
Michelle Julien	40/Apopka	Using a telephone to facilitate a drug conspiracy/Probation 3 years.
Christopher Lenoir	31/Tavares	Using a telephone to facilitate a drug conspiracy/Time served.
Travis Rollins	24/Zellwood	Possession with intent to distribute cocaine and firearms offenses/ 108 months.
Willie Shelly Jr.	35/Apopka	Conspiracy to distribute BZP pills/36 months.
Brandon Smith	27/Zellwood	Possession with intent to distribute cocaine and firearms offenses/ 123 months.
Addison Smith Jr.	34/Zellwood	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled Substances/60 months.
Nathaniel Walker	35/Mt. Dora	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled Substances/110 months.
Kemo Dowe	38/Tangerine	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled Substances/240 months.
Travion Barnes	29/Apopka	Distribution of BZP pills/18 months.
Clemente Blocker	39/Mt. Dora	Distribution of “crack” cocaine/37 months.
Frederick Bodison	33/Leesburg	Distribution of “crack” cocaine, MDMA and BZP pills/ 100 months.
Robert Hardwick	43/Apopka	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine/82 months.
Willie Slydell, Jr.	36/Zellwood	Distribution of cocaine/48 months.
Lawrence Lockhart	42/Zellwood	Possession with intent to distribute “crack” cocaine/96 months.
Roderick Mobley	26/Zellwood	Possession with intent to distribute “crack” cocaine/32 months.
Teresa Hawkins	32/Tangerine	Conspiracy to distribute “crack” cocaine and other controlled Substances/Time served.

This case was investigated by the DEA Orlando District Office, with operational assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Mount Dora Police Department, the Tavares Police Department and the Central Florida Intelligence Exchange.