Feds charge 33 in North Central W.Va. oxycodone operation

Clarksburg, W.Va. — Federal authorities charged 33 people with participating in an oxycodone distribution ring in North Central West Virginia, announced in a 129-count indictment Thursday.

The indictment names individuals from Michigan and West Virginia, alleging they “conspired with one another to operate an oxycodone distribution operation in the region.”

Many of the individuals were arrested Thursday in what Acting U.S. Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen described as a “coordinated, multi-agency arrest operation led by the Mon Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.”

Those indicted:

·       Terry Thomas, a.k.a. “Top,”44, of Detroit

·       Michael Wesley, a.k.a. “Black”, a.k.a. “Big Flea,” 45, of Detroit

·       Michael James Anthony, a.k.a. “Spook,” 42 of Detroit

·       Christopher Lloyd, a.k.a. “Red,” 31, of Detroit

·       Darmatrice Love, 32, of Detroit

·       Robert Brown, Jr., a.k.a. “Pooh,” 23, of Detroit

·       Andrew Thomas, a.k.a. “Bud,” 26, of Detroit

·       Sean Miller Phillips, Jr., 24, of Eastpointe, Mich.

·       Devante Maddox, 25, of Detroit

·       Konshawntas Boyd, 37, of Detroit

·       Brianna Blackman, a.k.a. “BB,” 21, of Morgantown, W.Va.

·       Tiffany Edwards, 35, of Westover, W.Va.

·       Codey Bonnette, 25, of Morgantown, W.Va.

·       Leon Jamar Maddox, 34, of Fairmont, W.Va.

·       Amanda Gifford, a.k.a. “Mandi,” 25, of Morgantown, W.Va.

·       Floyd Pancoast, 24, of Pursglove, W.Va

·       Jason Pancoast, 23, of Pursglove, W.Va

·       Christopher Moriarty, 24, of Buckhannon, W.Va

·       Carlee Cuppet, 25, of Kingwood, W.Va.

·       Brittany Brown, 31, of Stonewood, W.Va.

·       Ariel Blosser, 27, of Morgantown, W.Va.

·       Amanda Maddox, 32, of Morgantown, W.Va

·       Brandy Miller, 28, of Salem, W.Va

·       Anna May Martin, 31, of Westover, W.Va

·       Kimberley Mozie, 36, of Morgantown, W.Va.

·       Jason Perry, 35, of Morgantown, W.Va

·       Holly Jo Exline, 22, of Dellslow, W.Va.

·       McKenna Kansco, 22, Crawford, W.Va.

·       Marjorie Sue Webster, 23, Maidsville, W.Va.

·       Thomas Keener, II, 22, of Fairmont, W.Va.

·       Jayla Shade, 20, of Morgantown, W.Va.

·       Jesse Tichenor, 25, of Morgantown, W.Va.

·       Bobbie Jo Phillips, 30, of Morgantown, W.Va.