KINGMAN – A State Grand Jury has indicted 17 people for participating in a drug-trafficking ring.
According to the indictment, the participants are accused of being part of a drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing methamphetamine and heroin in Kingman, Bullhead City, Dolan Springs, and Golden Valley, Arizona. Throughout the investigation, agents seized 120 pounds of methamphetamine, 2 pounds of heroin, 38 guns, and approximately $500,000 in cash.
Austreberto Acoltzi-Bautista, Edwin Mauricio Sosa-Castro, Charlie Sanches Vasquez, Kandrea Joy Jacobs, Richard Alan Chipman III, Patrick Laverne Holmes,
Patricia Lynn Haught, Evelyn Alberta Widen, Rudolph Gonzales, Casey Ryan Lashorne, Russell James Boslett, Tonia Marie Ralph aka Tonia Marie Fulkerson,
Sean Amos Madison Johnson, Willard Wayland Campbell III, Kaitlin Sierra Snow, Cynthia Marie Stojevich, and Mark Kevin Armstrong have been charged with one count of Conspiracy, one count of Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, and various counts of Possession of a Dangerous Drug (Methamphetamine) for Sale, Possession of a Narcotic Drug (Heroin) for Sale in an Amount Over the Statutory Threshold, Transportation of a Narcotic Drug (Heroin) for Sale in an Amount Over the Statutory Threshold, Transportation of Dangerous Drugs (Methamphetamine) for Sale Over the Statutory Threshold, and Money Laundering.
The charges are based on an investigation conducted by the Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET), an initiative of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (D.E.A.), the Gang & Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM), Homeland Security Investigations (H.S.I.), and the Arizona Financial Crimes Taskforce.