This morning, federal and state authorities arrested 22 individuals for their alleged roles in a narcotics distribution activities in the Waco and Killeen areas, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs; Waco Police Chief Ryan Holt; Killeen Police Chief Charles Kimble; McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara; and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw.
Those arrested today, along with six others who were already in custody, are charged in two separate federal grand jury indictments unsealed today in Waco.
GABRIEL LUNA, et al. INDICTMENT – W18cr259
This indictment charges nine defendants with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances including cocaine, “crack” cocaine or methamphetamine. Individuals charged in this indictment include:
Name Age Residence Statutory Maximum Penalty
Gabriel Luna 30 Katy, TX 10 years to life imprisonment
Samuel Earl Smith 44 Killeen 10 years to life imprisonment
Jomar Kenyatta Bush 44 Killeen 10 years to life imprisonment
Jeffrey Ellis 33 Killeen 5-40 years imprisonment
Donovan Lafurd Ray Jacobs 25 Killeen 5-40 years imprisonment
Joshua Deanthony Bailey 29 Killeen up to 20 years imprisonment
Derrick L. Jacques (aka “Flexx”) 41 Killeen 5-40 years imprisonment
Terrell Jefferson 32 Killeen 5-40 years imprisonment
**Leonta Odell Gladden 30 Killeen 5-40 years imprisonment
The defendants are all Gangster Disciples members, led by Derrick Jacques, or their associates. The indictment alleges that these defendants distributed narcotics in Killeen and the surrounding areas since October 2015. Defendants Luna, Smith, Bush, Ellis and Jacobs allegedly conspired to distribute methamphetamine. Defendants Luna, Smith, Jacobs and Bailey allegedly conspired to distribute cocaine. Defendants Smith, Jacques, Jefferson, and Gladden allegedly conspired to distribute “crack” cocaine.
DANIEL LOUIS LOPEZ, et al. INDICTMENT – W18cr257
This indictment charges 19 defendants with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Individuals charged in this indictment include:
Name Age Residence Statutory Maximum Penalty
**Daniel Louis Lopez 38 Waco 10 years to life imprisonment
Ruben Ceja-Sanchez 31 Dallas 10 years to life imprisonment
Gary Keith Mahan, Jr. 37 McGregor, TX 10 years to life imprisonment
Michael Trinidad Carbajal 38 Waco 10 years to life imprisonment
**Amy Michelle Tedder 32 Waco 10 years to life imprisonment
Joe Victor Monzon 35 Waco 10 years to life imprisonment
**Ruben Arnold Mondragon 32 Waco 10 years to life imprisonment
Patricia Ann Navarro-Eaton 46 Waco 5 to 40 years imprisonment
Michael Martinez 47 Waco 5 to 40 years imprisonment
**Cory Allen Kussmaul 28 Waco 5 to 40 years imprisonment
Darnell O’Shea McCoy 35 Waco 5 to 40 years imprisonment
Charlotte Nicole O’Neal 33 Waco 5 to 40 years imprisonment
Augustin Ariel Camacho 36 Waco 5 to 40 years imprisonment
Daniel Alan Tummins 35 Waco 5 to 40 years imprisonment
Francisco Farias, III 55 Waco 5 to 40 years imprisonment
Magan Danielle Shuemake 29 Waco 5 to 40 years imprisonment
Polly Estes 42 Waco up to 20 years imprisonment
Stephanie Nicole Davis 31 Midlothian, TX up to 20 years imprisonment
**Trey Allen Cartwright 36 Waco up to 20 years imprisonment
** Already in custody prior to today
Authorities allege that since May 2017, these defendants were responsible for the distribution of large amounts of methamphetamine throughout the Waco and Central Texas areas.
In addition to the arrests, these investigations have resulted in the seizure of approximately $16,000 in U.S. Currency, over five pounds of methamphetamine and 22 firearms.
All of the defendants remain in federal custody pending detention hearings expected to occur next week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Manske in Waco.
The DEA, FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Texas Department of Public Safety, Waco Police Department, Killeen Police Department and the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office investigated these cases. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark Frazier, Christopher Blanton and Stephanie Smith-Burris are prosecuting these cases on behalf of the Government.
The principal mission of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering operations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.
It is important to note that an indictment is merely a charge and should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Description: The fiscal year of the data file obtained from the AOUSC
Format: YYYY
Description: The code of the federal judicial circuit where the case was located
Format: A2
Description: The code of the federal judicial district where the case was located
Format: A2
Description: The code of the district office where the case was located
Format: A2
Description: Docket number assigned by the district to the case
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Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which cannot be modified by the court
Format: A3
Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which can be modified by the court
Format: A3
Description: A sequential number indicating whether a case is an original proceeding or a reopen
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Description: Case type associated with the current defendant record
Format: A2
Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, defendant number, and reopen sequence number
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Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, and reopen sequence number
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Description: The status of the defendant as assigned by the AOUSC
Format: A2
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Format: A1
Description: The date upon which a defendant became a fugitive
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date upon which a fugitive defendant was taken into custody
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date when a case was first docketed in the district court
Format: YYYYMMDD
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Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: A code used to identify the nature of the proceeding
Format: N2
Description: The date when a defendant first appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: A code indicating the event by which a defendant appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: A2
Description: A code indicating the type of legal counsel assigned to a defendant
Format: N2
Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the highest severity
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Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE1
Format: N2
Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE1
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Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4
Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE1
Format: A3
Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the second highest severity
Format: A20
Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE2
Format: N2
Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4
Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4
Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE2
Format: A3
Description: The FIPS code used to indicate the county or parish where an offense was committed
Format: A5
Description: The date of the last action taken on the record
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date upon which judicial proceedings before the court concluded
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date upon which the final sentence is recorded on the docket
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date upon which the case was closed
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Description: The total fine imposed at sentencing for all offenses of which the defendant was convicted and a fine was imposed
Format: N8
Description: A count of defendants filed including inter-district transfers
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants filed excluding inter-district transfers
Format: N1
Description: A count of original proceedings commenced
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants filed whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants terminated including interdistrict transfers
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants terminated excluding interdistrict transfers
Format: N1
Description: A count of original proceedings terminated
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants terminated whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period including long term fugitives
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period excluding long term fugitives
Format: N1
Description: The source from which the data were loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: A10
Description: A sequential number indicating the iteration of the defendant record
Format: N2
Description: The date the record was loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: Statistical year ID label on data file obtained from the AOUSC which represents termination year