Seven Individuals Arrested on Drug, Gun, and Fraud Charges

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Federal agents arrested seven individuals today on drug, gun, and fraud charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley, and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.

In November 2023, a federal grand jury indicted ten individuals on drug, gun, and fraud charges.

Jamar Dariunte Clay, 36, of Anniston, was charged with conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, multiple counts of distribution of methamphetamine, and multiple counts of use of a communication facility to commit a drug trafficking crime.

Jonathan Tyree McRath, 39, of Anniston, was charged with conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, multiple counts of distribution of methamphetamine, and multiple counts of use of a communication facility to commit a drug trafficking crime.

Demarcus Sharon Brown, 39, of Anniston, was charged with conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and multiple counts of distribution of methamphetamine.

Donarius Quinez Kincaid, 38, of Anniston, was charged with conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and multiple counts of use of a communication facility to commit a drug trafficking crime.

Brandon Jamal Jernigan, 30, of Anniston, was charged with conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and multiple counts of use of a communication facility to commit a drug trafficking crime.

Hantson Alexander Clark, 32, of Tuscaloosa, was charged with conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and multiple counts of use of a communication facility to commit a drug trafficking crime.

Raregus Rice, 40, of Tuscaloosa, was charged with wire fraud and falsely representing a Social Security number.

The following three defendants were already in custody.

Michael Gardner Boone, 33, of Montgomery, was charged with conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.  

Terrence Antwon Stevens, 40, of Anniston, was charged with conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, multiple counts of use of a communication facility to commit a drug trafficking crime, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Yannick Kenyon Woolf, 34, of Anniston, was charged with conspiracy to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl and multiple counts of use of a communication facility to commit a drug trafficking crime.

The maximum penalty for distribution of a controlled substance and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime is life in prison. The maximum penalty for use of a communication facility to commit a drug trafficking crime is four years in prison and for being a felon in possession of a firearm is fifteen years in prison. The maximum penalty for wire fraud is twenty years in prison, and the maximum penalty for falsely representing a Social Security number is five years in prison.

DEA and ATF investigated the case, along with the Anniston Police Department, Oxford Police Department, 7th Judicial Major Crimes Unit, and West Alabama Narcotics Task Force.  The USMS provided valuable assistance. Assistant U.S. Attorneys M. Blake Milner and Brittany Byrd are prosecuting the case.

An indictment contains only charges.  A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.