United States Attorney David Capp
Northern District of Indiana
E. Ross Adair Federal Building & United States Courthouse
1300 South Harrison Street, Room 3128
Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3489
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Mary L. Hatton
April 18, 2011 PHONE: (219) 937-5603
www.usdoj.gov/usao/inn/ Fax: (219) 852-2770
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Fort Wayne, IN—The United States Attorney’s Office today announced that six Indictments charging several Conspiracies to Distribute Cocaine and other drug trafficking charges were filed in federal court. The United States Attorney’s Office also announced that fourteen Criminal Complaints charging use of a communication facility to commit or facilitate the commission of a drug trafficking crime and some firearms offenses were filed in federal court. These complaints charged offenses occurring between February 2010 to the present.
In February of 2010, the FBI received information that lead to controlled purchases of crack cocaine and powder cocaine, which then led to a court-authorized wiretap of the telephone used by Jarvis Buchanan, an alleged drug supplier, in October of 2010. The investigation subsequently progressed through court-authorized interceptions over telephones utilized by the supply networks of two separate drug organizations.
On April 12 and April 13, 2011, law enforcement officers executed a total of twenty-four search warrants and arrested a total of thirty-six individuals on federal drug and gun charges. These charges were filed as a result of the investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Fort Wayne Safe Streets Task Force (FWSSTF), which is comprised of FBI special agents and officers from the Indiana State Police, the Allen County Police Department, and the Fort Wayne
Police Department. A number of law enforcement agencies also assisted with this investigation, including the Fort Wayne Police Department’s Vice and Narcotics Division and Gang Unit; the Allen County Drug Task Force; the United States Marshals Service; the New Haven Police Department; the Orange County, California, Regional Narcotics Suppression Program; the San Bernardino County, California, Sheriff’s Department; and the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department Drug Interdiction Unit.
These cases have been assigned to and will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Anthony W. Geller, Lesley Miller Lowery, Tina L. Nommay, Robert N. Trgovich, and Lovita Morris King.
The specific sentence to be imposed upon conviction in each case will be determined by the judge after a consideration of federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
The United States Attorney’s Office emphasized that Indictments and Complaints are merely allegations and that all persons charged are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.
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INDICTMENT 1
Jarvis T. Buchanan, 31, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in 6 counts of an 8 count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about February 10, 2010, and continuing until on or about January 29, 2011, maintaining a drug involved premises between on or about February 10, 2010, and on or about November 9, 2010, and distribution of controlled substances on or about August 5, August 19, September 6 and October 12, 2010.
Jermorris T. Sewell, 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in 2 counts of an 8 count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about February 10, 2010, and continuing until on or about January 29, 2011, maintaining a drug involved premises between on or about February 10, 2010, and on or about November 9, 2010.
Antonio T. Sewell, 29, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in 2 counts of an 8 count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about February 10, 2010, and continuing until on or about January 29, 2011, maintaining a drug involved premises between on or about February 10, 2010, and on or about November 9, 2010.
Damon A. Porter, 31, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in 2 counts of an 8 count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about February 10, 2010, and continuing until on or about January 29, 2011, and profiting from maintaining a drug involved premises between on or about October 15, 2010, and on or about November 26, 2010.
Jose A. Soto, 28, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in 1 count of an 8 count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about February 10, 2010.
Willie James Brooks, 47, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in 1 count of an 8 count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about February 10, 2010.
Brenna Underwood, 25, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in 2 counts of an 8 count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about February 10, 2010, and continuing until on or about January 29, 2011, and profiting from maintaining a drug involved premises between on or about April 7, 2010, and on or about January 29, 2011.
INDICTMENT 2
Silvestre Castaneda, 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Pedro Castaneda Jr., 37, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Osiris Espinoza, 30, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Maritza Castaneda, 29, of Colton, California
Alejandro Montoya, 43, of Colton, California
Florencio DeLuna, 29, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
James Thomas, 63, of Dayton, Ohio
are charged in a single count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about November 8, 2010, and ongoing at the time the Indictment was filed.
INDICTMENT 3
Charley J. Gonzalez, III, 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Billy J. Gonzalez, 33, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Alejandro V. Luna, 27, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Augustine L. Luna, 32, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Joseph Luna, 34, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Narciso G. Soto, III, 29, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Antonio Angel Ray Flores, 23, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
are charged in a single count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about January 12, 2011, and ongoing at the time this Indictment was filed.
INDICTMENT 4
Justin E. Dominguez, 28, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in a five count Indictment with using a communications facility to distribute controlled substances on January 13, January 17, January 19, January 26, and February 3, 2011.
INDICTMENT 5
Yohansen Fincher, 24, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in a five count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about January 15, 2011, through on or about February 10, 2011; possession with intent to distribute controlled substances on or about January 28, 2011; manufacturing a controlled substance from on or about February 1, 2011, through on or about February 5, 2011; and using a communications facility to distribute controlled substances on or about January 27, 2011, and January 28, 2011 and from on or about February 1, 2011, and through on or about February 5, 2011.
INDICTMENT 6
Caleb B. Hurst, 24, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is charged in a four count Indictment with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances from on or about January 20, 2011, through on or about February 10, 2011; and using a communications facility to distribute controlled substances on or about January 24, 2011, January 29, 2011, and February 5, 2011.
Named in the Criminal Complaints were:
Miguel Zavala, 38, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Joshua Stephens, 34, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Trent Moore, 41, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Cedrick Griffin, 30, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Scott Hedges, 32, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Christopher Salas, 36, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ormey Douglas, 35, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Albert Smith, 39 of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Edgar White, 33, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Charley Gonzalez, IV, 22, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Darrell Williams, 49, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Benjamin Fisher, 33, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Booker T. Sewell, 31, of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Robert Littlejohn, 23, of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Search Warrants were served at 25 locations. They are:
326 Arcadia Court, Fort Wayne, Indiana
6317 Easthills Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana
6511 Donna Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana
4881 Coventry Parkway, Fort Wayne, Indiana
3620 Eastrowe Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana
4840 Lillie Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana
4333 Dicke Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana
6715 South Bend Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana
5403 Glenridge Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana
3510 Elmcrest Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana
278 Hamilton Meadows, Fort Wayne, Indiana
5707 Mason Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1719 Poinsette Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1021 Wingate Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana
3315 Oliver Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1832 Richardson Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana
4039 Hedwig Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana
United Parcel Service (UPS) package
133 W. Lexington Avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana
520 Corwin Lane, Fort Wayne, Indiana
3225 Vantage View Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana
4815 S. Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana
6018 Sawmill Woods Court, Fort Wayne, Indiana
9936 Northbrook Valley Drive, Apartment 8, Fort Wayne, Indiana
10007 Northbrook Valley Drive, Apartment 8, Fort Wayne, Indiana.