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Press Release

Defendants Arrested for Methamphetamine Trafficking

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Virginia
Multi-jurisdictional Investigation Leads to Twenty-Four Arrests

Abingdon, VIRGINIA – Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today that Operation Rolling Thunder, a joint investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, has resulted in twenty-four arrest warrants being issued for individuals charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Southwest Virginia, and North Carolina. In addition to the arrest warrants being issued, law enforcement agents executed one search warrant today in furtherance of the investigation. The following individuals were arrested today and charged:

 

  1. Rodriguez, Sanson P.

  2. Hoyt, Amy

  3. Nester, Grandy

  4. Bilyeu, Amber “Rose”

  5. Hawks, Karen

  6. Sexton, Walter “Butch”

  7. Sellers, Larry

  8. Cochran, Brittany

  9. Bowman, Timothy

  10. Freeman, Annette

  11. Hunley, Brad

  12. Phipps, Shawanna

  13. Graff, Brian

  14. Alley, Riley

  15. Maxwell, Calvin Jermaine

  16. Norman, David

  17. Long, Lelana

  18. Choate, Jonathan

  19. Humphries, Kevin

  20. Parsons, Jackie Christopher

  21. Jones, Jessalyn

  22. Grose, Vicky

  23. Sawyers, Stacey Jerome

  24. Anders, Travis Brian

 

The investigation of the case was conducted by the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, Surry County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia State Police, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Galax Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, United States Marshals Service, United States Secret Service and the Lexington, N.C. Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Zachary T. Lee will prosecute the case for the United States.

An arrest warrant is only a charge and not evidence of guilt. The defendant is entitled to a fair trial with the burden on the government to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Updated June 20, 2017