Eleven Charged In Dauphin County Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nymele John Morgan, age 49, Anthony Reyes-Pabon, age 26, Laura Diane Snyder, age 42, Trumaine Assad Weaver, age 26, Tyshawn Lorne Jones, age 28, Moises Arroyo-Guerra, age 35, Justice Tireese Andrews, age 31, Robert Oren Bates, age 38, Jockzan Rodriguez, age 40, Alexia Ricohla Lambert, age 27, and Margarita Pabon-Torres, age 51, all residing in or around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were charged in a superseding indictment as part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

According to the United States Attorney Brian D. Miller, the superseding indictment alleges that from on or about September 1, 2023, and continuing until on or about May 30, 2025, the defendants conspired to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine.  The superseding indictment further charges Weaver, Bates, and Morgan with having possessed a firearm as a prohibited person and in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.  The superseding indictment also charges Reyes-Pabon and Pabon-Torres with using and maintaining a premises to further the drug trafficking activities.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Dauphin County Violent Crimes Unit, and East Pennsboro Township Police.  Assistant United States Attorney K. Wesley Mishoe is prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline) a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).

The maximum penalties for each defendant upon conviction is life imprisonment, as well as a term of supervised release following imprisonment, a fine, and the imposition of a special assessment. A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by a court after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

Superseding Indictments only contain allegations. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.

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