45 indicted on drug trafficking charges in ‘Operation Red, White and Bust’

An undercover operation to stop the sale of opioids and narcotics in four Ohio counties has resulted in the indictment of 45 people on drug trafficking charges.

The indictments were announced on Friday by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Fayette County Sheriff Vernon Stanforth.

“Operation Red, White and Bust” focused on traffickers in fentanyl, tramadol, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.

“While most of us will be celebrating independence, this group of drug dealers behind bars won’t make the picnic,” Yost said.

The operation was conducted by the sheriff’s offices of Fayette, Ross, Highland and Hocking counties, along with the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Chillicothe Police Department.

“This operation is not the end but merely a continuation of our collective efforts to keep drugs out of our neighborhoods,” Sheriff Stanforth said. “This success is due to the cooperative efforts with many agencies, including the 23 Pipeline Task Force, the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the U.S. Marshal’s Service.”

Twenty-nine of the 45 indicted individuals were arrested this week. They are:

• Alec T. Ables, Bloomingsburg
• Scott M. Angeletti, Washington Court House
• Kevin H. Axline, Washington Court House
• Heather R. Bost, Chillicothe
• Dustin L. Browning, Jeffersonville
• Guy Nathan Cambell, Washington Court House
• Karie Campbell, Washington Court House
• Zachary P. Dickens, Mount Sterling
• Tyler J. Evans, Washington Court House
• John R. Fowler, Washington Court House
• Lindsey M. Gibson-Rader, Washington Court House
• Corey S. Keller, Washington Court House
• Dalton C. W. Knapp, Washington Court House
• Ashley D. Lowe, Washington Court House
• Ashley Martin, Grove City
• Kenneth M. Matthews, Washington Court House
• Robert L. McClendon, Washington Court House
• Sean K. McKittrick, Washington Court House
• Joshua R. Mick, Washington Court House
• Chasity Mickle, Washington Court House
• Anthony L. Nelson, Washington Court House
• Durant E. Peters, Washington Court House
• Alisha Rinehart, Jeffersonville
• Katherine J. Ross, Jeffersonville
• Nathaniel Ryan, Bloomingsburg
• Brittani N. Stroup, Bloomingsburg
• Holden A. Whaley, Washington Court House
• Justin M. Wilson, Washington Court House
• Kyle Wes Wilson, Washington Court House

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