Seven Indicted in Kilgore Drug Trafficking Ring
Posted/updated on: November 19, 2011 at 7:08 am
KILGORE — Kilgore police say seven people have been indicted in a local drug trafficking ring. According to police, in May of 2011 the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) joined in the efforts of local law enforcement agencies, the Kilgore Police Department and the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office, to bring down a methamphetamine trafficking organization. According to KETK, police say the organization was responsible for the purchasing, selling and distribution of large quantities of crystal methamphetamine (ICE) in the Kilgore and Rusk County Areas. In November of 2011, after an extensive investigation, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas indicted the following alleged members of the trafficking organization:
David Christopher Wheeler, 29, of Kilgore
Raelene Dawn Ferguson, 26, of Kilgore
Bret Glynon Bates, 49, of Kilgore
Terri Rhea Young, 49, of Kilgore
Matthew Dean Willis, 24, of Kilgore
Devyn Leigh Quada, 19, of Jefferson
Harold Burgess Dickens, 41, of Mesquite
They were each indicted on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of pure methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. All seven have been arrested on the indictments and are currently awaiting trial.
