If convicted, the charges carry no less than a mandatory 10 years in federal prison. The bust is part of an ongoing investigation with the DEA. Another officer, Mr. Mattingly, retired from the force. While Castlehadbeen charged with seriouscrimes, he was used to getting them dismissed, court records show, including ones for selling drugs near a school and injuringhis pregnant ex-girlfriend bythrowing her up against a car andyanking her up a flight of stairs by her hair. [20] The cornbread mafia has been brought up in the Summer Wells disappearance case. Agents rushed to court to renew itbut weren't able to intervene in time. Two of the parts were taken from Larry Stigers Equipment, 100 Twin Oaks Circle, over Memorial Day weekend. Reporter Beth Warren: bwarren@courier-journal.com; 502-582-7164; Twitter @BethWarrenCJ. That's when Rodriguez was initially pulled over in Louisville for driving 65 in a 55 mph zone. Castle allegedlyurged his boss not to worry, saying police didn't have solid evidence: "They ain't got the murder weapon. Louisville, KY 40202, Louisville: (502) 582-5911 Later that year, Louisville officials agreed to pay $12 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by Ms. Taylors mother and to institute reforms aimed at preventing deaths by officers. If you forget it, you'll be able to recover it using your email address. Vicente Rodriguez Ramirez,struckby several bullets, stomped on the gas pedal and sped toward a Valero gas station in southern Jefferson County to findhelp. [18], According to Joe Keith Bickett's second book, Bobby Joe "Redeye" Shewmaker,the leader of the Kansas crew, was the only defendant in the group's history to be indicted on a CCE charge (Career Criminal Enterprise). Mercedes-Benz of Louisville Mercedes-Benz of Louisville2520 Terra Crossing Blvd, Louisville, KY 40245 Service: +1 (502) 893-4709 Mercedes-Benz of Louisville Contact Info Schedule Appointment Mercedes-Benz of Louisville Contact Jarress Turner Sales Manager +1 (502) 896-4411 JTurner@MBLouisville.com They can't connect us to them," Castle said. "There would be a car once a week different car come hang out for half hour 40 minutes and sometime they'd pull up and pull another car out and that's about it," said Gronefeld. Quire said detectives worked closely with the commonwealth attorneys office to pull the case together. Overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl rose 55.6% in 2021. In January 2018, a shootout, a murder and an allegedplanned revenge killing forced agents' hands. It's a tale of three men who evaded police for years, how investigators say they came together to commit a chilling murderand how prosecutors unraveled the case. Hayden had been serving a life prison sentence for marijuana cultivation because he was convicted three times for illegal cultivation, triggering the Three-strikes law. The police assert that they knocked several times and identified themselves as police officers with a warrant before entering the apartment. Two months after Ms. Taylors death, Mr. Jaynes and Ms. Goodlett met and agreed to falsely tell investigators that a sergeant had told them that the packages were being sent to Ms. Taylors apartment, prosecutors said. Agents using wiretaps say they overheard the suspecteddrug lord, Rodriguez, and his alleged right-hand man,Castle,discussinga$30,000 payment to Cater to gun down Vicente Rodriguez Ramirez and another man they blamed for the heroin theft. He told The Courier Journal that Ms. Taylor had no involvement in the drug trade. "[40], In 2019, Cornbread Mafia book author James Higdon co-founded Cornbread Hemp, which sells CBD (cannabidiol) products in retail outlets in the United States. Breonna Taylor, 26, was killed on March 13, 2020 by officers executing a so-called no-knock warrant. D.C. official: Here's how Mexican cartels funnel drugs in, Grandpa says he sold meth to save son from cartel, Middletown man wanted in deadly fentanyl overdose case has vanished, Fatal OD leads to a Louisville bartender facing federal charges, Patients died, families lived in fear of doctor charged as drug dealer, Kentucky baby proves that forcing people into drug treatment can work, Fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in Louisville, Kentucky and the US, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy, Former youth football coach now charged as drug ring hitman, Feds want to send former volunteer coach and two others to death row, Accused hitman served time in prison for infamous night of terror for four teens. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS Shousesaid Cater, who livedin a small brickhouse east of Jefferson Mall in Okolona, worked in maintenance at an area Ford plant to provide for his wife and children before his arrest. On Aug. 4, prosecutors said that three officers, Joshua Jaynes, Kelly Goodlett and Kyle Meany,made false claims in an affidavit used to obtain the warrant and conspired to lie about it after. The Louisville Metro Police Department and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration report the agencies seized at least 8.5 kilograms of fentanyl and 20,000 to 30,000 suspected fentanyl pills from a Louisville-area storage unit on Monday following a long-term investigation. The members of the organization were charged as follows: Willie Watkins, 30, of Owensboro, Kentucky, has been charged with Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. Samuel White, 27, of Owensboro, Kentucky, has been charged with Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. A third officer facing the federal charges, Brett Hankison, was the only officer to face state charges in the raid. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - Authorities in Louisville are investigating a drug bust where officials said they found enough narcotics to wipe out the entire city of Los Angeles. Sheriff: Louisville man arrested in Pulaski County drug bust, Boys 13th Region Tournament sees all-Laurel County semifinal, 11 years later: Looking back on the March 2nd, 2012 EKY tornado outbreak, Isom IGA owner honored as WGA Woman of the Year. Jimmy Nash noticed that the people across the street on Dover Road were putting so much time and money in renovations to the home. The Jefferson County coroner told The Courier Journal that Ms. Taylor most likely died less than a minute after she was shot and could not have been saved. LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Authorities say they've broken up a major drug trafficking ring in Louisville. The passenger ran behind the apartment buildingbut was quickly cornered by police. Jamie Hendershot, 30, of Frankfort, engaging in organized crime, a Class B felony, and theft by unlawful taking ($500 or more but less than $10,000) and receiving stolen property (less than $10,000), both Class D felonies. Investigators say they tracked cellphonesusedby Rodriguez, the accused drug lord, and Castle, the suspected right-hand man,at the time of the shooting to within one block of the scenein Newburg. A judge ordered Castle to stay away from his ex-girlfriend, but charges of domestic violence,terroristic threatening, harassment andfirst-degree wanton endangerment were dismissed. The Nelson County. According to a news release, Bardstown Polices narcotics unit conducted a search warrant at a home in the 700 block of Poplar Flat Road on Friday. Their lawyers say the police had already located the main suspect in the investigation by the time they burst into the apartment. Two men wouldgo to the front, two to the side, others to the back of the house, with the lookoutscanning the perimeter from the getaway car. There was a problem saving your notification. Western District of Kentucky They remain in jail as theU.S. attorney generalweighs whether prosecutors should consider seeking the federal death penalty against them a punishment Kentucky hasn't imposed in more than three decades. Thetruck was registered to Cater, and Cater's driver's license was found inside along with shell casings. "They had the doors kicked in so, I assumed something real bad went on over there," said Nash. [6], Bickett wrote his memoirs "The Origins of the Cornbread Mafia, A Memoir of Sorts" and "Cornbread Mafia, The Outlaws of Central Kentucky" while incarcerated in the 1990s but did not publish his books until several years after his release from federal prison in 2011[7], Higdon's book reports that assistant US Attorney Cleve Gambill said at the June 1989 press conference: "The organization is a highly motivated, well financed group of marijuana growers from Kentucky who are responsible for growing this vast amount of marijuana [and who] call themselves the Cornbread Mafia.". But a judge had also signed a warrant allowing the police to search Ms. Taylors residence because the police said they believed that one of the men had used her apartment to receive packages. High 62F. But he crashed in the parking lotand never got out. Joe Keith Bickett was released from prison in 2011 after serving approximately 21 years of his 25 year sentence. Additionally, investigators said they seized 358 grams of crystal meth, 289 fentanyl pills, 64 grams of . It all started when a new customerwanted a kilo of heroin and claimed he could pay $70,000. Ted Shouse, Cater's attorney, said his client"has a 21-year clean record.". And Mr. Walker, 27, has said that he feared for his life and fired in self-defense, believing that someone was trying to break into the home. Michael Ray Hardy of Louisville was arrested and faces a number of charges. In 2016, Joe Keith Bickett self-published a first-hand account in his 2016 memoir titled "The Origins of the Cornbread Mafia: A Memoir of Sorts",[10][11][12] in which he provides a first-hand account how the term Cornbread Mafia was actually coined in September 1978. [24] Boone was represented by attorneys C.Thomas Hectus, Henry Stephens and Elmer J. George. The men and women of the Owensboro Police Department remain committed to working with our many partners to effectively reduce violent crime in our city. "We could not re-establish contact with him," said Jeff Cooke, assistant commonwealth's attorney for Jefferson County. 17, 2022 at 1:14 PM PDT [41] Cornbread Hemp was featured in the November 2019 print edition of High Times magazine. The Justice Department accused Mr. Jaynes and Mr. Meany of violating Ms. Taylors right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. If Rodriguez had grownapprehensive, thosefears were justified. Investigators combed the properties insearch ofevidence. Investigators say Rodriguezconsidered having that man killed, too. A New York Times examination of video footage from the scene, witness accounts, statements by the police officers and forensics reports showed that the raid was compromised by poor planning and reckless execution. A federal complaint says agents seized approximately 1,100 pounds of marijuana, assault weapons, ammo and nearly $700,000 in cash from two homes and the two storage facilities. Prosecutors say one of the two armed ringleaderswas 20-year-old Cater. "They obviously are very concerned and want Charles home as soon as possible," he said. Make it easy to keep up-to-date with more stories like this. He felt warm and wet as blood gushedfromhis elbow and side. Let this be an example, if you are stealing from others and victimizing citizens in Franklin County, just know that you are on our radar and we will soon be knocking on your door, Quire warned. While listening to wiretapped conversations between Rodriguez, the accuseddrug lord, and his alleged right-hand man,Castle, investigators say they learned of Cater's role astheir muscle. If convicted, the charges carry no less than a mandatory 10 years in federal prison. Themen were accused of past crimes including kidnapping,a road-rage shooting and the attempted killing of a pregnant woman but often eluded police. LOUISVILLE, Ky. A grand jury has indicted four Louisville men on firearm and drug charges after police and federal agents conducted search warrants at several apartments in Newburg, the. If convicted, the charges carry no less than a mandatory 10 years in federal prison. The "Cornbread mafia" was the name for a group of Kentucky men who created the largest domestic marijuana production operation in United States history. Winds ENE at 10 to 20 mph. "You never know what neighborhood what goes on," said Nash. City officials banned the use of no-knock warrants on June 11, 2020. Hardy was arraigned in court Monday and a preliminary hearing is set for June 1st. Ryan Thruston, 33, of Owensboro, Kentucky, has been charged with Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. Download the WHAS11 News app now. If convicted, the charges carry no less than a mandatory 10 years in federal prison. The arrests were part of the conclusion of the. Troy Senn, 49, of Frankfort, engaging in organized crime, a Class B felony; receiving stolen property (less than $10,000); and two counts of first-degree persistent felony offender. The kidnappersheaded southeast of the airportto Moore High School, on Outer Loop in Highview,and forced the teens to strip. He guarded drugs attwo stash houses in the suburbs of southern Jefferson County. Neither thought they'd survive the night. Paducah:(270) 442-7104. On a frosty winter afternoon, a gunman stepped out of agetaway car and crept besideamaroon Chevypickup, raised his armand fired. [19] Jimmy Bickett and author Joe Keith Bickett, along with two codefendants, were the only defendants who proceeded to a jury trial after being indicted in March 1989 in federal court in Louisville, Kentucky on distribution of marijuana charges. He successfully fought for Cater and the other gunman to getthe harshest punishment20 years in prison. Alyssa Bruce, 30, of Frankfort, engaging in organized crime, a Class B felony; tampering with physical evidence, a Class D felony; and two counts of second-degree persistent felony offender. Mr. McNary has also been charged with Distribution of Methamphetamine for events occurring on or about November 6, 2020. In custody are Marcelo Carrillo Jr., Jeffrey Driskell, Donte Pullum, and Ronald Wells. Two were arrested in an October drug bust by the Southern Indiana Drug Task Force, that turned up $1.7 million in cash and more than $1.5 million in drugs. Signup today! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to read or post comments. a few miles east of Crystal Lake and a Walmart Supercenter. He says deputies were called to a home on Grundy Road outside of Somerset. Several of the officers involved in the raid Mr. Hankison, Detective Myles Cosgrove, and Detective Joshua Jaynes were fired. Attorneys for Rodriguez and Castle declined repeated requests tocomment. What to Know About Breonna Taylors Death, https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html. When the car was spotted again, deputies pulled over the car and found a number of drug-related items including ten grams of suspected heroin, three grams of suspected meth, nine yellow pills identified as Klonopin, 15 white Hydrocodone pills, and another unlabeled bottle containing 132 pills identified as Oxycodone, ninety-one pills identified as Hydrocodone, and eleven pills identified as Hydromorphone. Marshals Service. (Facebook: LMPD) By Shellie Sylvestri Published: May. Rainfall around a half an inch. LOUISVILLE, Ky. Police have seized a massive amount of drugs and cash that led to a Bardstown mans arrest over the weekend. Darrion Lamont Moody, 35, of Evansville, Indiana has been charged with Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. For two years, prosecutors have been building their case. The 8.5 kilogram stash of suspected fentanyl was . File photo by Aprile Rickert. Mr. Poiles has also been charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine for events occurring on or about December 11, 2020. Seven people were indicted by a Franklin Circuit Court grand jury Tuesday on a variety of charges including catalytic converter thefts, armed drug trafficking and organized crime. He was trapped. You have permission to edit this article. But they couldn't find the dealer, so the crewdrove around searching for random targets. He argued that Cater didn't have a gun, never planned to harm anyoneand was "a calming influence" who assuredthe victims they wouldn't get hurt. One of the four, Kelly Goodlett, a detective who retired after getting charged, pleaded guilty at a hearing on Aug. 23. He is accused of blanketing Louisville with deadly drugs and ordering a murder over a kilo of stolen heroin. Hethought of his parents and waited to die. On a stormy Tuesday night in April 2008, William A. Greene finished his shift as a security guard and headed to his sister's house for homemade chili. An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account. Christina Morales, Christine Hauser Will Wright, Sarah Mervosh, Lucy Tompkins, Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, Neil Vigdor, Jenny Gross and Rukmini Callimachi contributed reporting. Dan Gronefeld has been busy working on cars at his shop and was surprised to find out what was going on next door. Police soon spotted the red truck zipping down Dixie Highway near a Frisch's Big Boy. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Agents claim Ramirez, a drug ringassociate, vouched for the new customer. - The last of 26 defendants charged in the largest Jefferson County, Kentucky drug trafficking organization was sentenced in United States District Court this week, by Senior Judge Charles R. Simpson III, for his role in the distribution of cocaine, brought into the United States through a Mexican drug cartel, to metro Louisville for Cater'sattorney insisted that his client and the defendantsviewedthat night as"more like a circus" than a violent crime. Meanwhile, at the lake, the teen girlskicked until they knocked the stereo deck out of the car trunk, and screamed into the darkness. For years, Rodriguez zipped aroundin a dark blue Cadillac Escalade, black Ford Mustang, white Lexus and a number of other cars. The affidavit claimed that Ms. Taylors ex-boyfriend had been receiving packages at her address, but prosecutors say that there was no such evidence and that the officers misrepresented the case to the judge who signed off on the raid. He was still on parole when police sayanother random stranger ended up in his crosshairs. Main Fax: (502) 564-6104Send an Email. But before investigatorsgot specifics, the federal authorization to tap the phones ended. [9], This code of silence persisted until Higdon published his book, The Cornbread Mafia, in 2012. Are Multiple Unsolved Murders In This Kentucky Small Town Somehow Connected? Accused drug lord Javier Humberto Navarro Rodriguez, his suspected right-hand manDwain Claude Castle and alleged hit man Charles Orlando Cater not only teamed to kill Ramirez, federal agents say, but they also were searching for another man they had marked for death. In his two books,The Origins Of The Cornbread Mafia, A Memoir of Sorts (2016)[3] and Cornbread Mafia The Outlaws of Central Kentucky (2018)[4] author and founding member Joe Keith Bickett, chronicles his first-hand account as to how the term "Cornbread Mafia" was coined in Kentucky in the late 1970s. "Cornbread Mafia author launches new venture: Cornbread Hemp", Cornbread Hemp is First CBD Company in Kentucky to Achieve USDA Organic Certification, Solving Problems In Creative Ways: Jim Higdon, Co-Founder Of Cornbread Hemp, New Product Spotlight: Organic Hemp Extract Oils, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cornbread_Mafia&oldid=1140889051, This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 07:46. [32], By 2007, the term "Cornbread Mafia" had come to mean general Southern-style corruption. If convicted, the charge carries no less than a mandatory 10 years in federal prison. Officials from the Kentucky Attorney General's Office, the Barbourville Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff's Office, and the Manchester Police Department worked with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigators, resulting in Thursday's grand jury indictment in London. Said Owensboro Police Chief Art Ealum. This collaborative effort by the Owensboro Police Dept, Daviess Co Sheriffs Office, DEA, and U.S. Attorneys Office for the Western District of Kentucky continues, with the possibility of additional persons involved being charged.. All rights reserved. Louisville police officer McKenzie Mattingly, left, comes to. The culprits robbed the teensthen ordered the girls, ages 16 and 19, into the trunk of the oldest girl'sblue Monte Carlo. But hundreds of pages of court documents and police recordsobtained by the Courier Journal reveal how the defendants skirted the justice system for years. But Rodriguez never responded to his defense attorney's calls or letters urging him to sign the plea documents. "Without the prosecuting witness, they decided that they could not go forward with the trial.". That may not happen, as Cater now faces thebiggest legal battle of his life. Derrick Lamont Bullitt, 37, of Louisville, Kentucky, has been charged with Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. Once the drugswere in Louisville, Castle arranged tosell themin bulk tolower-level dealers whopeddled them in smaller amounts on the streets, investigators said. Officers flipped on blue lights and sirens, but the suspectssped up. Local prosecutors say they're required to prove"a clear nexusbetween drug activity and seized money" to justify a forfeiture,said Josh Abner, a spokesman for the Jefferson County attorney's office. All Rights Reserved. An official website of the United States government. Due to health risks, Boone's attorneys requested in May 2020 he be released; which was granted on June 3. "Apparently they were storing drugs, vehicles, and stuff like that over there,"said Gronefeld. 8.5 kilograms of fentanyl were seized, and 2 mg is considered fatal. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Louisville Metro Narcotics Agents made a major drug bust involving six suspects and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of narcotics. ", "He tried to stay in the dark," Williams told the Courier Journal. Jeremy Poiles, 39, of Owensboro, Kentucky, has been charged with Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. [34], In a 2015 interview with Terry Gross, Graham Yost, the creator and show runner of the FX series Justified, said, "Honestly, we didn't know a lot about the Dixie Mafia. James Harrod, 38, of Frankfort, engaging in organized crime, a Class B felony, and receiving stolen property (less than $10,000), a Class D felony. The DEA says the drugs were coming from Mexico to be sold in our area. They are scheduled to be arraigned on November 22. They headed to a southern Jefferson County lake and settled on four teens, two boys and two girls who'd been hanging out atMcNeely Lake off Cooper Chapel Road. Summoned tocourt on minor charges, he had several prominent attorneys including Klein, David Lambertus, Elizabeth Pepa and Jeffrey Skora get the charges reduced or dismissed, court records show. Joe Keith Bickett, Cornbread Mafia The Outlaws of Central Kentucky, Joe Keith Bickett, The Origins of The Cornbread Mafia, A Memoir of Sorts. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Derrick Lamont Bullitt, 37, of Louisville, Kentucky, has been charged with Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to. Fentanyl coverage What are the street names of fentanyl? If convicted, the charge carries no less than a mandatory 10 years in federal prison. The DEA said that just one kilogram of fentanyl has the potential to kill 500,000 people. Kentucky Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Forces. Joe Keith Bickett, Cornbread Mafia The Outlaws Of Central Kentucky. "He didn't want to meet me or come to court. Cecil Mohr, 37, of Frankfort, engaging in organized crime, a Class B felony, and three counts of theft by unlawful taking (more than $500 but less than $10,000), a Class D felony. TheDEA says the drugs were coming from Mexico to be sold in our area. Quire said there has been a surge in the number of methamphetamine seizures and arrests in the county this year. [8] Prosecutors held this press conference to lay out their case against the "Cornbread Mafia" because of the 70 men arrested in association with it, zero of them cooperated with authorities, which thwarted a Continuing Criminal Enterprise case against the suspected ringleaders. Another officer among the four, Kyle Meany, was fired by the Louisville Police Department on Aug. 19. Greeneturned on Valley College Drive, south of the Bobby Nichols Golf Course,and noticed the truck following. While the investigation does remain ongoing, this serves as a reminder that the diligent work of officers saves lives every day, the police department wrote on its social media page. After his arrest, Catertold agents hepreviously sold marijuana for Rodriguez and was with himwhenRamirezwas shot. Ryan Thruston has also been charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, and Receipt or Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. But on Jan. 16, Rodriguez and Castle walked into a trap. Their search uncovered various drugs including 105-pounds of marijuana, 36-pounds of THC Dab butter, drug paraphernalia and six firearms. On Feb.23, teams of heavily armed agents and local police were ready to swarm the southern Jefferson County stash houses,the accused hit man's house in Okolona andthe alleged drug lord's home in Oldham County. Both had beenstruck in the back of thehead with the butt of a gun or a crowbar and repeatedly threatened:"Don't move or I'll blow your head off.". "They were petrified. Thedrug ring withties to a Mexican cartel capitalizedon the region's crippling addiction crisis and plotted the deaths of peoplewho threatened its lucrative business, federal agents claimin acriminal complaint. Officers soon stopped the car, freed the boysand arrestedthe17-year-old driverand his passengerCater. Troy Senn. [39], In 2018, Bickett and Boone, a CBD company based in Marion County became the first CBD company to produce hemp to make CBD products grown by original members of the Cornbread Mafia. 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