{"id":204227,"date":"2012-08-01T15:30:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T20:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=204227"},"modified":"2012-08-02T15:19:57","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T20:19:57","slug":"suspected-gang-members-arrested-in-warrant-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=204227","title":{"rendered":"Ten Arrested in Alleged Drug Trafficking Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=204282\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-204282\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/08\/thumb_FederalCourthouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_FederalCourthouse\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-204282\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u2013 Ten persons have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into alleged drug trafficking in the Henderson area. Around 6:00 Wednesday morning, a combined task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies began executing 10 federal arrest warrants for defendants charged in an alleged conspiracy to distribute over 280 grams of crack cocaine in and around Henderson since September 2010. On July 11, 2012, a federal grand jury returned a 14-count indictment charging 14 individuals with multiple counts of federal drug and firearm violations. <\/p>\n<p>The following defendants are in custody and were scheduled for initial court appearances in Tyler Wednesday: Deric Lamont Sheppard, aka \u201cBig Shep,\u201d 32, of Henderson; Master Markeith Lacy, aka \u201cKiki,\u201d 36, of Henderson; Justin Lamark Porter, 23, of Overton; Ernest Vantrezes Mallard, aka \u201cDuck,\u201d 30, of Henderson; Derek Lamarcus Horton, aka \u201cNull Null,\u201d 27, of Kilgore; Marcus Derail Porter, aka \u201cBlade,\u201d 30, of Henderson; Kail Demond Lacy, Jr, aka \u201cKJ,\u201d 19, of Henderson; Randy Cameron, 52, of Henderson; Lattoris Dewuan Jackson, aka \u201cCoonjack,\u201d 32, of Henderson; and Cornelius Marquis Murphy, aka \u201cPapa Murphy,\u201d 21, of Henderson. Travis Lanard Porter, aka \u201cNard,\u201d aka \u201cTravis Deamon,\u201d 35, of Henderson, and Johnny Ray Smith, Jr., 33, of Henderson, will make their initial court appearances next week.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted of the drug conspiracy charge, the defendants face a minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison and fines of up to $10 million. If convicted on the weapons violations, the defendants face at least 5 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of any property used to commit or facilitate the crimes or derived from proceeds of the conspiracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2013 Ten persons have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into alleged drug trafficking in the Henderson area. Around 6:00 Wednesday morning, a combined task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies began executing 10 federal arrest warrants for defendants charged in an alleged conspiracy to distribute over 280 grams of crack &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=204227\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ten Arrested in Alleged Drug Trafficking Enterprise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 05:08:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204227"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204520,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204227\/revisions\/204520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}