Numerous Longview Residents Indicted in Drug/Weapons Case

LONGVIEW — U.S. Attorney John Bales announced the indictment of 17 suspects, including 16 from Longview, in a federal firearms and drug trafficking conspiracy in Gregg County. The suspects, named in three separate indictments, are alleged to be involved in a conspiracy by either members or associates of the Aryan Brotherhood and criminal street gangs. The defendants are charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine from at least January 2014. Many defendants are also charged with firearms violations such as being felons in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.

Federal officials say a 10-month, multi-agency investigation used confidential informants, search warrants, traffic stops, and other investigative tools to seize over 15 firearms and 650 grams of methamphetamine. If convicted, the defendants face penalties from five years to life in federal prison.

Longview residents who were indicted are as follows:

Monty James Wood, 51
Haley Still, 29
Courtney Crim-Gross, 39
James Todd Harrington, Jr., 34
David Wayne Williams, 30
Chad David Dunaway, 23
Brandon Scott Cheatum, 34
Brandon Michael Allen, 31
Jason Ray Ragan, 26

Erick Lamar Addison, 37
James Lamar Fountain, 34 (still a fugitive, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office)
Charles Tarez Rollins, 41
Alvin Lee Thompson, 42
Kenneth Ray Addison, 41
Gena Elizabeth Rowley, 36

Timothy Paul Morales, 23, of Galveston, was also indicted.