Jackson, TN - On Monday, November 19, 2007, fifteen individuals were charged in three separate indictments for their roles in possessing and distributing Methamphetamine in West Tennessee announced David Kustoff, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. By Monday, November 26, 2007, all but three of defendants had been arrested by state and local law enforcement agents.

A seven count superseding indictment was filed charging Wesley Joe Morphis, 30 of Bogota, Jose Luis Sanchez-Galindo, 49, and Danny Espinoza, 24 of Dresden. The indictment alleges that Morphis, Sanchez-Galindo, and Espinoza conspired together to obtain Methamphetamine and then to develop a market for and distribute the Meth throughout West Tennessee. Counts two through six outline various dates on which Morphis, Sanchez-Galindo, and Espinoza allegedly possessed, with the intent to distribute, a substance containing Methamphetamine. Count Seven charges Morphis with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

A nine count second indictment charges Janet Martinez, 28, Yolanda Martinez, 51, Paul Bingham, Jr., 36, Cammie Armour, 39, Henry Allen, 22, Rachel Morgan, 32, Santiago Martinez-Amezuita, Juan L. Ayon, all of Union City, and Adolfo Ortiz-Alcazar, 24, of Martin with one count of conspiracy to obtain and distribute Methamphetamine in Obion County and throughout West Tennessee. Counts two through nine charge various defendants named in the indictment with possession with intent to distribute Methamphetamine.

A separate two count indictment charges Shawn Riley, 28, Derek Patterson, 27, both of Dyersburg and Carrie Parrish, 26 of Union City, with one count of conspiracy to distribute Methamphetamine and one count of possession with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of Methamphetamine in Dyer County, Tennessee.

These case are being jointly investigated by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Drug Investigation Division, the Dyersburg Police Department, the Dyer County Sheriff’s Department, and the 27th Judicial District Drug Task Force, which is comprised of officers from Union City Police Department and the Obion County Sheriff’s Department. Assistant United States Attorney Jerry Kitchen is handling the prosecution of these cases for the government.

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