34 indicted in drug trafficking bust

Thirty-four people, including 20 from Hampshire County, were indicted on charges related to the sale of fentanyl, heroin and other drugs in Hampshire and Mineral – the biggest federal roundup the county has ever seen.

Kentrel Anthony Rollins, 30, and Sean Jarred Davis, 31, both of Baltimore, are alleged to be leaders of “loosely connected” drug trafficking organizations that brought drugs to Hampshire County and other areas, said U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld.

There are 12 people total charged in the Rollins case, and 22 charged in the Davis case.

There was a “change of leaders” in the organizations, Ihlenfeld said, because Rollins was arrested on state charges in Maryland, with bond conditions that didn’t give him as much flexibility to operate the way he used to.

A press conference Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 11, brought Ihlenfeld to Romney to speak about the bust, along with Hampshire County Prosecutor Rebecca Miller and Hampshire County Sheriff Nathan Sions.

“Fentanyl continues to be the number one threat to public safety in the region, and much of it flows here from Baltimore,” Ihlenfeld said. “The investigators are to be commended for their outstanding work in identifying the sources of supply and halting their operations.”

The additional indictments in the two cases are mostly residents of Hampshire County – as well as individuals who live in Maryland, Virginia and Ohio – who allowed Rollins and Davis to use their homes, apartments and trailers, Ihlenfeld said, in return for drugs.

In addition to “significant amounts” of fentanyl being distributed, the cases also included amounts of heroin, meth and cocaine, as well as firearms that were also traded for drugs.

By Monday evening, all but two of the indicted have been arrested, said Sions.

The Potomac Highlands Drug Task Force led the investigation, a group consisting of members from the FBI, the DEA, the State Police, Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Mineral, Hardy and Grant offices as well, and the Keyser Police Department, with assistance from the Hampshire County Prosecutor’s Office.

“We must continue to be diligent,” Sions said. “Fight this evil together.”

The Hampshire County residents indicted in the Davis case are as follows:

Erik Lee Kurz, 28, Augusta

Dylan Carl Keckler, 29, Augusta

Jeanette L. Henkel, 31, Augusta

Melissa Sue Cole, 47, Capon Bridge

Sharon Rene Wagoner, 58, Augusta

Paul Edward Pownall II, 42, Romney

Robert Bruce Stachow, 54, Shanks

Andrew Lee Jones, 33, Romney

Glenn Alen Robey, 58, Augusta

Dexter Horn, 28, Points

Michael Wade McIntire, 43, Augusta

Kaitlyn Marie Shanklin, 21, Augusta

The Hampshire County residents indicted in the Rollins case are as follows:

Erik Lee Kurz, 28, Augusta

Richard Lee Damewood II, 38, Purgitsville

Dylan Mitchell Lambert, 24, Augusta

Cassandra Rachelle Bowman, 28, Augusta

James Davis Graham, 40, Augusta

Stacey Lynn Malcolm, 37, Romney

Jeanette L. Henkel, 31, Augusta

Dylan Moyers, 23, Romney

The other indictments in the Davis case:

Warren Thomas Gray, 24, Baltimore, Md.

Michael Eugene Lucas Jr., 24, Middle River, Md.

Lisa Gail Crouse, 41, Cross Junction, Va.

Demarkco Tyree Canty, 20, Parkville, Md.

Noah Izreel Neverdon, 19, Parkville, Md.

Rachael Elaine Biggs, 34, Charmco

Nicholas Vasilios Hainis, 36, Nottingham, Md.

Heather Marie Alexander, 30, Winchester

Kody Michael Shriver, 23, Akron, Ohio

The other indictments in the Rollins case:

Donte Fields, 27, Baltimore, Md.

Gary Weldon, 35, Baltimore, Md.

Elrico Karon Scaff, 23, Ellicott City, Md.