NORTH CAROLINA — Two brothers and four others were arrested in North Carolina today for their alleged involvement in a narcotics conspiracy responsible for supplying bulk amounts of drugs to Dayton, including fentanyl and cocaine.
The defendants are all charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine and fentanyl.
The defendants are: Roger Earl Walton, Jr., 41, formerly of Dayton, Shawn Dwayne Walton, 46, formerly of Dayton, Noah Alexander Sherrill, 33, formerly of Dayton, Rauland Pollard, III, 35, of Dayton, Glynn Sewell, 39 formerly of Dayton, and Louis Walton, 22, of Charlotte, N.C.
If found guilty, the defendants face at least 10 years and up to life in prison.
If convicted, the defendants face at least 10 years and up to life in prison.
Law enforcement authorities seized narcotics, cash, and firearms from a drug trafficking organization multiple times, including when a search warrant was executed and Dayton Detective and DEA Task Force Officer Detective Jorge Del Rio was shot and killed.
“This indictment alleges the group of men charged were responsible for providing local dealers with thousands of doses of fentanyl and cocaine,” said U.S. Attorney David M. DeVillers. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office will not rest until we have traced every source of drug supply and held accountable every individual involved in this alleged conspiracy.”
Members of the conspiracy allegedly acquired bulk amounts of narcotics from 2014 through August 2020 from suppliers in Los Angeles and Houston. According to the indictment, the narcotics were process and repackaged in Charlotte, North Carolina, and for resale in Southern Ohio and North Carolina.
Local distributors in Ohio then allegedly purchased the narcotics for resale and were distributed throughout Southern Ohio.
The indictment also alleges that the members of the conspiracy collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from the narcotic sales.
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