Ten More Arrested On Federal Drug Charges

The federal crackdown on alleged local drug dealers continues as ten more Adair County residents have been indicted and arrested on federal drug charges.
A federal grand jury of the Western District of Kentucky federal court indicted Travis Crew, Amanda Pepper, Laquisha Jones, Shamonica Jones, Michael Troy White, Joseph Smith, Melissa Owens, John A. Johnson, Tavana Stone and Justin Dicken on June 11th for allegedly conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and distributing crack cocaine and other controlled substances. They were arrested last Friday. However, Stone and Dicken were already in state custody and were not arrested with the others.
According to acting United States Attorney Candace G. Hill, the Federal Bureau of Investigation stated that the ten defendants were involved in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine with Roderick Curry and Mark Curry along with six others that were indicted on May 20th and arrested earlier this month.
Roderick Curry, 42, Mark Vincent Curry, 52, Kelvin Bowers, 22, Chad T. Bridgewaters, 36, Deon Ennis, 19, Jarrid Decarlo Smith, 32, and Joshua L. Woodard, 23, all of Columbia, and Steven Wayne Williams, 51, of Jamestown were indicted on charges of conspiring to distribute over 50 grams of crack cocaine.
In addition, Larry "Buck" Taylor, his wife Theresa Taylor, and their daughter, Candice Nell Thomas were arrested on federal drug charges in May, bringing the total to 21 people arrested on federal drug charges.
All three cases were investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Kentucky State Police, and are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David Weiser.
If convicted, those charged could face a minimum of 10-years in prison and up to $4-million in fines.