Two More Leavenworth Men Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

In June 2010, 15 residents of Leavenworth were indicted on charges of participating in a drug trafficking organization. A superseding indictment adds Fabian Dunbar, 25, Leavenworth, Kan., and Antonio Clark, 25, Leavenworth, Kan., to those charged. Both men are charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine.

Indictments allege that from January 2009 to May 13, 2010, the defendants were part of a drug trafficking organization operating in Leavenworth. Three residential properties—708 ½ South 2nd in Leavenworth, 130 E. Kansas in Lansing, Kan., and 932 Cherokee in Leavenworth—are identified as residences used by the traffickers to manufacture and distribute crack. Indictments allege crack was distributed within 1,000 feet of three Leavenworth schools: Benday Elementary School, Nettie Hartnet Elementary School and St. Paul Elementary School.

If convicted Dunbar and Clark face a penalty of not less than 10 years and not more than life in federal prison and a fine up to $4 million on the conspiracy charge.

In a separate indictment filed in December, Fabian Dunbar was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. In that case, Dunbar is alleged to have been involved in a shooting incident on Oct. 20, 2010, in Kansas City, Kan., in which police were called to

2425 Stewart Avenue

, where they found four victims who had been shot, including an 18-month-old boy, a two-year-old girl, a six-year-old girl and an adult male.

Co-defendants charged in the Leavenworth drug conspiracy include Anthony M. Young, Jr., Cameo C. Giles, Michael Porter, Joseph Mullahey, Jerome K. Kelley, Tanisha Young, Fernandus A. Gates, Jr., Lawrence Washington, Jr., Rosalia M. Pricebrooks, Ronald C. Carrington, and Angela R. Jones.

The Leavenworth Police Department, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.

OTHER INDICTMENTS

A grand jury meeting in Kansas City, Kan., also returned the following indictments:

Sergio A. Aparicio, 20, Kansas City, Kan., Jesus Carrillo-Salazar, 18, Kansas City, Kan., and David K. Hurtado, 18, Kansas City, Kan., are charged with one count of possession of stolen firearms. In addition, Aparicio is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction and Jesus Carrillo-Salazar is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by an illegal alien. The crimes are alleged to have occurred Nov. 29, 2010, in Miami County, Kan.

If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on each count. The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, Miami County Sheriff's Office and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.

Valentin Urbieta-Avendano, 28, Overland Park, Kan., and Jose Urbietaq-Prado, 24, Overland Park, Kan, and Engleberth Martinez-Gutierrez are charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by an illegal alien. The crimes are alleged to have occurred at various times from January to November 2010 in Overland Park, Kan.

Upon conviction, the crimes carry the following penalties:

Conspiracy: Not less than five years and not more than 40 years and a fine up to $2 million.

Possession with intent to distribute cocaine: Not less than five years and not more than 40 years and a fine up to $2 million.

Possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking; Not less than five years and not more than life and a fine up to $250,000.

Illegal alien in possession of a firearm: A maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000.

The Overland Park Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.

Abel Lopez-Lopez, 26, a citizen of Mexico, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of firearms by an illegal alien and one count of unlawful possession of ammunition after a felony conviction. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in October 2010 and January 2011 in Reno County, Kan.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years without parole and a fine up to $250,000 on each count. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Office of Homeland Security Investigations, the Wichita Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson is prosecuting.

Raul Galindo-Martha, 29, a citizen of Mexico, is charged with one count of unlawfully re-entering the United States after being convicted of an aggravated felony and deported. He was found Jan. 11, 2011, in Reno County, Kan.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s Office of Homeland Security Investigations investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson is prosecuting.

Shane S. Hill, 36, Kansas City, Kan., is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The crime is alleged to have occurred Dec. 22, 2010, in Kansas City, Kan.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000. The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.

In all cases, defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The indictments merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.

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