45 indicted on drug trafficking charges in Operation Red, White and Bust
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Fayette County Sheriff Vernon Stanforth announced Friday that 45 people were indicted on drug trafficking charges in “Operation Red, White and Bust”.
Operation Red, White and Bust focused on traffickers in fentanyl, tramadol, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.
29 of the 45 indicted individuals were arrested this week. They are:
- Alec T. Ables, Bloomingsburg
- Scott M. Angeletti, Washington Court House
- Kevin H. Axline, Washington Court House
- Heather R. Bost, Chillicothe
- Dustin L. Browning, Jeffersonville
- Guy Nathan Cambell, Washington Court House
- Karie Campbell, Washington Court House
- Zachary P. Dickens, Mount Sterling
- Tyler J. Evans, Washington Court House
- John R. Fowler, Washington Court House
- Lindsey M. Gibson-Rader, Washington Court House
- Corey S. Keller, Washington Court House
- Dalton C. W. Knapp, Washington Court House
- Ashley D. Lowe, Washington Court House
- Ashley Martin, Grove City
- Kenneth M. Matthews, Washington Court House
- Robert L. McClendon, Washington Court House
- Sean K. McKittrick, Washington Court House
- Joshua R. Mick, Washington Court House
- Chasity Mickle, Washington Court House
- Anthony L. Nelson, Washington Court House
- Durant E. Peters, Washington Court House
- Alisha Rinehart, Jeffersonville
- Katherine J. Ross, Jeffersonville
- Nathaniel Ryan, Bloomingsburg
- Brittani N. Stroup, Bloomingsburg
- Holden A. Whaley, Washington Court House
- Justin M. Wilson, Washington Court House
- Kyle Wes Wilson, Washington Court House
“While most of us will be celebrating independence, this group of drug dealers behind bars won’t make the picnic,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said. “Great job by this task force whose work to remove drug traffickers from our communities will prevent overdoses and save lives – now that’s something to celebrate!”
Operation Red, White and Bust was conducted by the sheriff’s offices of Fayette, Ross, Highland and Hocking counties, the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and the Chillicothe Police Department. The U.S. Marshals Service and the Washington Court House Police Department also assisted in making arrests.