INDIANAPOLIS – Nineteen people have been charged in a series of four federal indictments alleging the illegal possession of guns and trafficking of hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills and hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine in central Indiana. Five of those charged are from Greenwood and authorities are still on the lookout for three fugitives.
As part of this multiagency operation, federal, state, and local law enforcement officers from 16 different law enforcement agencies, served arrest warrants and search warrants at 18 locations in Central Indiana and in Arizona on the morning of June 22. Sixteen individuals were arrested and are in federal custody.
According to court documents and information presented in open court, Jaraughn Bertram and Deondre Perry supposedly led drug trafficking organizations in Central Indiana that trafficked significant quantities of fentanyl and meth from Arizona to the Indianapolis, Anderson, and Muncie areas. The organizations allegedly possessed and used firearms, including weapons that had been converted into fully automatic firearms (a/k/a machineguns), to further their drug trafficking activities.
During this year-long investigation, law enforcement seized the following contraband and proceeds of the alleged criminal activity:
- Over 32.8 kilograms (72.3 pounds) of fentanyl, or over 320,000 fentanyl pills
- Over 53.5 kilograms (117.9 pounds) of methamphetamine
- Over 205.6 kilograms (453.2 pounds) of marijuana
- 113 firearms
- 60 machinegun conversion devices
- Over $521,000 in cash
Those charged from Greenwood are:
- Elijah Conn, Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl
- George Muncy, 56, Conspiracy to Distribute fentanyl, Unlawful use of a cell phone
- Rhonda Muncy, 55, Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl
- Deondre Perry, Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl, Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl Analogue, Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
- Brooke Woods, 23, Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl
The fugitives are:
- Jaraughn Bertram, 20, Conspiracy to Possess and Distribute Fentanyl, Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Attempted Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl
- Joaquin Carranza, 18, Conspiracy to Possess and Distribute Fentanyl
- Jordan Sumner, 22, Conspiracy to Possess and Distribute Fentanyl
Jordan Sumner. Courtesy – USAINS.
Bertram. Courtesy – USAINS.
Juaquin Carranza. Courtesy – USAINS.
