RICO INDICTMENT FILED ON EIGHT PEOPLE TRAFFICKING NEARLY 75 POUNDS OF COCAINE TRANSPORTED FROM MEXICO

Posted on 6/26/2018

Defendant: Antwonne Hunter, Toinairis Hunter, Luis Villareal, Davion Craig, Josue Montelongo-Rangel, Juan Vela, Jr., Anthony Lamont Jones, James Junior Jones

Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This organized group of people utilized a semi-truck to transport large amounts of drugs from Mexico to a warehouse on East Fifth Avenue.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned indictments against eight individuals involved in an organization trafficking in cocaine and marihuana into central Ohio.  The charges range from (RICO) Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity with a Firearm Specification (F-1), Trafficking in Marihuana (F-2), Trafficking in Cocaine with Specification (F-1), Trafficking in Marihuana with Specification (F-4), Receiving Proceeds of an Offense Subject to Forfeiture Proceedings with Specification (F-3), and Designing a Vehicle with a Hidden Compartment Used to Transport a Controlled Substance (F-2).  The eight indicted are as follows:
 
            Antwonne Hunter (Columbus, 43219), age 49
            Toinairis Hunter (Columbus, 43227), age 27 
            Luis Villareal (McAllen, TX 79504), age 28
            Davion Craig (Charlotte, NC 28213), age 22
            Josue Montelongo-Rangel (Mission, TX 78572), age 34
            Juan Vela, Jr. (Donna, TX 78537), age 40
            Anthony Lamont Jones (Galloway, 43119), age 47
            James Junior Jones (Canal Winchester, 43110), age 49

“It is alleged that between December 18, 2017 to June 16, 2018 this enterprise acquired and transported drugs into Franklin County with a street value of over $3.4 million dollars,” O’Brien stated.  O’Brien commended the HIDTA Task Force and the Columbus Police Department for their investigation of this case.  “Through the collaborative efforts of many, we have once again been able to shut down a drug trafficking organization and will aggressively prosecute these eight drug traffickers so they can no longer sell these dangerous drugs in Franklin County,” O’Brien stated.