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Members of the Lindo Park Crips, a criminal street gang operating in South Phoenix, and associates have been arrested following the return of a 70-count indictment by a federal grand jury.
The FBI, Phoenix Police Department, and DPS led the investigation into the Lindo Park Crips (LPC) members and associates, as well as their drug suppliers. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement officers seized over 2,430 grams of cocaine, 35,000 counterfeit M30 pills suspected to contain fentanyl, 26 grams of methamphetamine, 4.5 grams of crack cocaine, 32 doses of MDMA, 8 Glock Conversion devices, and 17 firearms. In connection with the investigation, the FBI also executed over a dozen search warrants on June 23, 2022, leading to the additional seizure of ammunition, narcotics, and 62 firearms.
Arrestees:
Marcus Wayne Wesley, 35, of Phoenix, Arizona
Jesus Salazar, 24, of Avondale, Arizona
Philip Nathaneal Austin, 42, of Phoenix, Arizona
Alfred Wayne Wesley, 61, of Phoenix, Arizona
Lequisha Shantai Jack, 36, of Phoenix, Arizona
Rayvontae Virshon Hampton, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona
Edward Jewel Norwood, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona
Michael Dewanz Gibson, 26, of Florence, Arizona
Joshua Jordaun Jackson, 31, of Buckeye, Arizona
David Andrew Connelly, 59, of Phoenix, Arizona
Terry Lee King II, 40, of Phoenix, Arizona
Lancer Edward Williams Jr., 36, of Phoenix, Arizona
Tyrell Ann Gray, 53, of Phoenix, Arizona
Donald Eugene Reed, 60, of Phoenix, Arizona
Quincy Lamar Davis, 38, of Phoenix, Arizona
Joseph Kizzee, 36, of Phoenix, Arizona
Christopher Duane Guy, 30, of Phoenix, Arizona
James Donald Estell, 41, of Phoenix, Arizona
Terry Lee King, Sr., 62, of Phoenix, Arizona
Christopher Marcus Mitchell, 35, of Goodyear, Arizona
According to the Department of Justice, each of the above individuals was charged with either conspiracy to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, or both. A number of the defendants are also charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Furthermore, Marcus Wesley, Hampton, Williams, Austin, Davis, Guy, Estell, and King Sr. are charged with being felons in possession of a firearm.
Hampton, Wesley, and Gray face additional charges for carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and Hampton faces additional charges for transferring or possessing a machinegun.
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