13 members of an Oklahoma drug trafficking organization plead guilty to federal crimes

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) – More than a dozen members of an Oklahoma drug trafficking organization have pleaded guilty to federal crimes, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced Friday.

Heath Lloyd Taylor, 45, Aaron Guy Key, 46, Mallory Nicole Laird, 36, Terri Angela Stroud, 52, Kandi Anne Hankins, 43, Travis Austin Powers, 37, Tracie Ann Sells, 54, and Jeremy Paul Newman, 47, all pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy.

Cody Wade Reece, 33, and Whitney Marie Granite, 36, pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl with intent to resell.

Heather Leigh Brown, 33, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to resell and possession of fentanyl with intent to resell.

Taylor Dain Parnell Caldwell, 34, and Randi Shawn Gann, 34, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to resell.

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An indictment states that from about August 2022 and until about November 15, 2023, the defendants “willfully and knowingly conspired, conspired, combined, and agreed to commit, together with other persons known and unknown to the Grand Jury, crimes against the United States, namely, the possession and distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl with intent to distribute.”

The investigation was led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and assisted by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Office of the Inspector General of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.

A press release said several law enforcement agencies assisted in the investigation at various stages.

All 13 are in the custody of the United State Marshal Service awaiting sentencing.

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