ChathamSavannah Counter Narcotics Team makes sweeping drug trafficking indictment and arrests
Oct 24, 2024
CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) - In October 2024, the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) concluded a 14-month investigation into a drug trafficking organization based in Savannah.
The team worked closely with the District Attorney’s Office and the Prosecuting Attorney’s Counsel (PAC).
A grand jury in the Chatham County Superior Court of the Eastern Judicial Circuit handed down a 39-co-defendant indictment, charging the defendants with violations of the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
Law enforcement seized thirteen kilograms of Methamphetamine, more than one kilogram of Fentanyl, seventeen firearms, and $190,367.93 in US currency.
According to Chatham County, the organization attempted to deliver three kilograms of Methamphetamine into the area in January, but investigators interrupted the delivery and seized the Methamphetamine. Members of this organization also participated in the introduction of contraband into Georgia state prisons. In coordination with the Georgia Department of Corrections, investigators disrupted several attempts to introduce contraband into the prison system.
Currently, the following 22 individuals have been arrested under the indictment:
Jeremy Bunton
Richard Corbin
Geoffrey Freitag
Joshua Hadden
Ashlee Mock
Bryan Hobbs
Ashley Ingram
Randy Martin
Laura Davis a.k.a Laura Smith
Marissa Tremble
Joseph Wiley
Gregory Graham
Michael Mack
Malcolm Tartt
Fess Louper
Alejandro Turrubiates Ayala
Alejandro Turrubietes Aguilar
Myra Myrick
Larry Rogers
Ashley Sanchez
Jerry Jackson
Dustin McTaggart
At this stage, 17 defendants are still being sought by law enforcement:
Ronald Beasley
William Davis
Douglas Waldron
Jamaal Chisholm
Marie Powell
Toni Sawyer
Lyndi Bannister
Jessie Jones
Audrey Lambright
Allison Snyder
Charles Hollins
Marion Bowens
Cory Hargrave
Brandi Perkins
Kahla Jackson
Fatearrah Calloway
Tamia Boyd
If you have any information regarding these individuals, please contact the CNT Tip Line at (912) 652-3900 or Crime Stoppers (Anonymous): (912) 234-2020.