CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — U.S. Attorney Bill Ihlenfeld says 18 people have been indicted in connection with a drug distribution network that resulted in large amounts of heroin transported from Baltimore, Md. to Berkeley County, W.Va.
Steven Robinson, 31, of Baltimore, allegedly orchestrated the drug trafficking operation.
Terrard Ansor, 25, also of Baltimore, and Brittany Brooks, 28, of Randallstown, Pennsylvania, are accused of helping Robinson with his operation which began in Aug. 2015 and ended last week.
The 15 other individuals named in the indictment assisted by redistributing the heroin, prosecutors said.
“Baltimore continues to be the greatest source of heroin and other illicit drugs for the Eastern Panhandle and anytime that we’re able to identify and indict suppliers from that region, it’s a good day for West Virginia,” said Ihlenfeld in a news release. “We will continue to protect and defend our borders against out-of-state drug dealers with every tool available.”
Ihlenfeld said, so far, five people have been arrested, six people were already jailed on unrelated charges and four defendants have not yet been located including: Terrard Ansor, 25, of Baltimore, Maryland, Stephanie Edmonds, 30, of Baltimore, Maryland and Brandon French, 33, of Charles Town, West Virginia.