JACKSON, Tenn. –Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee; A. Todd McCall, Special Agent in Charge of the Memphis Division of the FBI; Steve Isbell, Chief of Police for the Dyersburg Police Department; and Jeff Box, Sheriff of Dyer County, announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging 13 suspects with federal drug trafficking violations.
The suspects were arrested early today during a round-up conducted by multiple federal (the FBI, DEA, ATF and U.S. Marshals Service), state (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 24th Judicial District Drug Task Force, and Tennessee Highway Patrol), and local law enforcement agencies (Dyer County Sheriff’s Department, Dyersburg Police Department, Jackson Police Department, Lexington Police Department, and Madison County Sheriff’s Department).
The indictments were returned by a federal grand jury in Jackson on January 20, 2015, but remained under seal until today’s arrests. Each indictment contained counts alleging violations of the Controlled Substances Act.
The suspects arrested during the operation were:
• Troy Richard Anderson Jr, 25 (already in state custody)
• Tyler Demond Armstrong, 24, of Dyer County
• Bree Anna Blalock, 26, of Dyer County
• Tyrus Ray Blalock, 45, of Dyer County
• Amy Hurt Dew, 50, of Dyer County
• Antonia Marshell Jones, 30, of Dyer County
• Marlos Lekeith Mann, 39 (already in state custody)
• William Frank Perry Jr, 44, of Dyer County
• Anthony Lee Randaul, 36, of Dyer County
• Steve Lee Roby, 44, of Dyer County
• Kenny Charles Vaughn, 37 (already in federal custody)
• Terrance Terone Warren, 49, of Dyer County
During the course of this investigation, law enforcement officials have seized illicit narcotics, U.S. currency, firearms, and drug paraphernalia.
