{"id":253816,"date":"2013-04-24T02:27:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T07:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=253816"},"modified":"2013-04-25T02:15:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T07:15:18","slug":"six-arrested-in-shelby-county-drug-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=253816","title":{"rendered":"Six Arrested in Shelby County Drug Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/04\/Justice-Department-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/04\/Justice-Department-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Justice Department logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-253600\" \/><\/a>BEAUMONT &#8212; Six Shelby County residents have been arrested in connection with a drug trafficking conspiracy in East Texas. A 13-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on Apr. 17, 2013 charging the following individuals with federal gun and drug crimes:<br \/>\nLakeva Shillette Hill, a\/k\/a Sugar Momma, 35;<br \/>\nLester Earl Pitts, 48;<br \/>\nVincent Jermaine Lathan, a\/k\/a Reed Cartwright, 36;<br \/>\nCornelius Vansharles Gray, 36;<br \/>\nAnthony Gene Chumbley, 46; and<br \/>\nAndrae Demarkqudell Pegues, a\/k\/a Mark, 33. <\/p>\n<p>The indictment alleges that beginning in May 2010, Hill, Pitts, Lathan and Gray were involved in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana and crack cocaine in East Texas. Hill, Pitts and Gray are also charged with conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Pitts is charged with three counts of providing a firearm to a drug trafficker and three counts of providing a firearm to a convicted felon. Hill and Chumbley are charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Pegues is charged with providing a false statement to a federal agent. <\/p>\n<p>The defendants were arrested on April 18 and made initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Giblin this week. <\/p>\n<p>If convicted of the drug conspiracy charge, the defendants each face up to life in federal prison. The firearms conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. The firearms possession charges carry a penalty of a minimum of five years in prison. For providing a firearm to a drug dealer or a convicted felon, the defendant faces up to 10 years for each charge. For being a felon in possession of a firearm, the defendants each face a minimum of 15 years in federal prison. The false statement charge has a penalty of up to 5 years in federal prison. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEAUMONT &#8212; Six Shelby County residents have been arrested in connection with a drug trafficking conspiracy in East Texas. A 13-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on Apr. 17, 2013 charging the following individuals with federal gun and drug crimes: Lakeva Shillette Hill, a\/k\/a Sugar Momma, 35; Lester Earl Pitts, 48; Vincent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=253816\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Six Arrested in Shelby County Drug Bust<\/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-253816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 18:12:30","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\/253816","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=253816"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253998,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253816\/revisions\/253998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=253816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=253816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}