East Texans Involved in Massive Drug Trafficking Enterprise
Posted/updated on: August 25, 2012 at 4:16 pm
SHERMAN – U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced Friday that 30 individuals have been identified and indicted following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. Beginning on Aug. 22 and continuing through Aug. 23, a combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies began executing 30 federal arrest warrants for defendants charged in a conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine in and around the Greenville area since 2010.
On Aug. 9, a federal grand jury returned a 6-count Indictment charging 30 individuals with conspiracy to distribute and possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Those indictments included two Arp residents: James Dennis Sloan, 53, and Janice Wells Sloan, 52. Also named: Jason Dale Jacobs, 30, of Grand Saline, and James Brian Humphrey, 36, of Como.
If convicted of the drug conspiracy charge, the defendants face a minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of any property used to commit or facilitate the crimes or derived from proceeds of the conspiracy.
