INDIANAPOLIS -United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced Thursday that two drug-trafficking organizations with fifteen total members were indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges including drug-trafficking.
According to the indictment, the defendants conspired to distribute methamphetamine in the Terre Haute area.
The indictment says that the meth was shipped from California to Indiana.
The indicted defendants, their ages, and residences are as follows:
Tavares Hutcherson, 42, Terre Haute, Ind.
Brock Mathews, 29, Terre Haute, Ind.
Deena Roshel, 52, Terre Haute, Ind. ( picture not available)
Kyra Grindle, 19, Terre Haute, Ind.
Travis Eyre, 30, Terre Haute, Ind.
Robert Cox, 33, Terre Haute, Ind.
Zachary Carson, 25, Terre Haute, Ind.
Christopher Bays, 33, Brazil, Ind. ( picture not available)
Six others from Indianapolis, Muncie, Anderson and Spencer were also arrested.
Agents seized approximately 23 pounds of metharnphetamine, and 13 firearms.
According to Assistant United States Attorney M. Kendra Klump, who is prosecuting these cases for the government, defendants, if convicted, each face up to life in prison, except for Grindle, who faces up to 40 years in prison.