Trafficking conspiracy alleged
TRENTON A Trenton woman has been charged along with two Massachusetts men in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice District of Massachusetts.
Shelby Kleffman, 31, and her co-defendant, Armani Minier-Tejada, 22, of Salem, Mass., were each charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances including cocaine, cocaine base, fentanyl and methamphetamine and one count of conspiracy to possess, use and carry firearms to further a drug trafficking conspiracy.
Kleffman and Minier-Tejada, who goes by the street names of “Shotz” and “Gustavo,” were arrested in Maine last Friday morning, the Department of Justice stated.
Harrison Silcox Published: Mar 31, 2021 11:26 AM | Updated: Apr 1, 2021 4:52 AM
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – An extensive drug trafficking organization, responsible for selling large quantities of illegal drugs in the Columbus area, has been dismantled. A grand jury has indicted 36 individuals, 24 of whom have already been convicted and sentenced to federal prison. Charges include possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and felon in possession of a firearm.
In 2018, federal agents and Bartholomew County Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) officers initiated an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation called Operation Columbus Day. During the inquiry, members of a Mexican-based drug trafficking organization who were sending large quantities of meth, heroin, and marijuana to the Columbus/Seymour area were identified.
The victim met two of his alleged captors at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in National Harbor, Maryland, prosecutors said: Anthony Erik Hebron, also known as “Pain,” 28, of D.C., and Tray David Sherman, called “Racks” and “Fat Det,” 26, of Germantown.
The three drove to D.C., where the victim was seen on surveillance video exchanging something with another, unknown man.
A couple of phone calls brought three more suspects were into the alleged kidnapping conspiracy: Darius Lawrence Young, known as “Mup,” 28; Christopher Allen Young, known as “40,” 26, and Lamar Jamal Perkins, known as “Lou,” 27, all of D.C., prosecutors say.
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