WARSAW — A Warsaw man is facing federal charges after being found in connection to a drug trafficking organization bringing large quantities of narcotics into the Kokomo area. Deshoun Everhart, 39, Warsaw, is believed to have bought controlled substances for redistribution.

Deshoun Everhart

Everhart was arrested locally in March after officers located several packages of fentanyl spray and guns inside his Warsaw residence.

On May 1, approximately 130 agents, troopers, deputies and officers served warrants at 13 locations in Kokomo and the Macon, Ga. area. As a result of the searches and the entire investigation, over 17 pounds of methamphetamine, over two pounds of cocaine, two ounces of heroin, 122 grams of fentanyl, six ounces of marijuana, two money counters, 12 vehicles, $37,000 and 24 firearms were confiscated.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Internal Revenue Service, United States Postal Inspection Service, United States Marshal Service, Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department, Vigo County Drug Task Force, Indiana State Police, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Miami County Prosecutor’s Office, Terre Haute Police Department, Warsaw Police Department, Indiana National Guard Counter Drug, Howard County Sheriff’s Department, Howard County Prosecutor’s Office and the Kokomo Police Department.

“Individuals who bring dangerous drugs into our communities and spread the violence associated with it, can rest assured, they will be held accountable,” said United States Attorney Josh Minkler in a press release. “There is no higher priority in my office than to help keep our neighborhoods safe. I want the Southern District of Indiana to be the most inhospitable place in the country to sell drugs.”

Those charged federally include:

• Pierre Riley, 50, Macon, GA
• Reggie Balentine, 41, a/k/a Pudge, Kokomo
• Diondre Jones, 34, Kokomo
• Michael O’Bannon, 33, a/k/a Lunchy, Kokomo
• Kristin Kinney, 35, a/k/a Cupcake, Kokomo
• Michael Jones, 35, a/k/a MJ, Kokomo
• Jason Reed, 49, a/k/a Jamon, a/k/a Jasil, Kokomo
• Derrick Owens, 37, Terre Haute
• Deshoun Everhart, 39, Warsaw
• Perry Jones, 43, Kokomo
• Melissa Baird, 38, Kokomo
• Shuan Myers, 35, Kokomo
• Antwon Abbott, 38, Kokomo
• Patricia Acord, 58, Kokomo
• Bradley Clark, 49, Kokomo

According to Assistant United States Attorney Michelle P. Brady who is prosecuting this case for the government the defendants, face decades in prison if convicted.