Forty-Two People Indicted for Participating In Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible for Overdose Deaths
According to the indictment, the Crossley Hills DTO operated in Mobile County,
Alabama, and elsewhere, distributing various controlled substances, including heroin, fentanyl,
methamphetamine, Xanax, Oxycodone, Opana, and Roxicodone to customers in Southern
Alabama and elsewhere. Relying on regional and local sources of supply to acquire controlled
substances for its distribution, the indictment alleges that the Crossley Hills DTO, beginning in
2016, has distributed a substantial amount of the heroin in Mobile County, Alabama. These
heroin sales have led to numerous overdoses resulting in hospitalizations and deaths, according
to the indictment.
Charged in the indictment are Martin Carlton Melton, aka MC; Jessie Lee Andrews; Lisa
Overby Brokaw; Reginald Irvin Burgess; Melody Noel Cleburn, aka Angel Noel; Jimmy Earl
Conner; Mortimer Adrian Cottrell, aka Cuz; Khadarrin J. Crayton, aka KD; Chad Joshua
Delevieleuse, aka Chad the Pilot; Donna J. Delevieleuse; Kiairus Jamer Diamond, aka Nephew;
Julisa Natalia Dillard; Sydney Elizabeth Dunn; Marinda Olivia Loetta Heflin; Cornell Lemont
Houston, aka CJ; Avamae Gaynell Jackson, aka Ava; Tomocus Lawrence Jackson, aka J-Bo;
Richard Gaines Krause; Brittany Victoria Lovejoy; Harrison Lavelle Luker; Austin Tyler
Mamuscia; Tyler Weston Martin; Fitzalbert Norman Mcgloshen, aka Fitz; Gabrielle Antoinette
Mims; Jonas Moore, aka Rip; Autumn Jean Moorehead; Annetta Gaynell Owens, aka Gaynell;
Adam Joseph Owens, aka AJ; aka Big Homie; William Grant Owens, aka Whip, aka Surge;
Edwin Jerome Owens, aka EJ; Terry Lamont Owens, aka Solo; Amber Lee Parker, aka Amber
Russell; Ed Ray Patterson, aka Unc, aka Pop; Wendy Gale Roberts; Mark Robert Rupprecht, aka
Ghost; Alex Scott, aka Black; Lemont Stevens, aka Mont; Denton Taylor Stanley; and Jessica
Defloren Tubb aka Allie.
Six defendants were charged with distributing fentanyl that resulted in overdose deaths of
four people. Martin Carlton Melton, aka MC; Terry Lamont Owens, aka Solo; Cornell Lemont
Houston, aka CJ; Marinda Olivia Loetta Heflin; William Grant Owens, aka Whip, aka Surge;
and Jessica Defloren Tubb, aka Allie would be subject to a minimum mandatory sentence of
twenty years and a maximum of life if convicted. Sentences for other defendants would vary
depending on the type and amount of drugs attributable to them in the conspiracy.
In addition to the drug trafficking charges, five defendants were charged with firearms
violations. Adam Joseph Owens, aka AJ, was charged with possession of a firearm in furtherance
of a drug trafficking crime. Ed Ray Patterson, aka Unc, aka Pop; Tomocus Lawrence Jackson,
aka J-Bo, aka CJ; and Alex Scott, aka Black, were charged with possession of firearms after a
felony conviction.
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