A. Courtney Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on Wednesday, nine Centralia residents were charged in a multi-count federal superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Benton.
David N. Barnes, 22; Alphonso G. Lang, 21; Kass A. Barnes, 26; Kai A. Reeves, 22; Jason M. Wallace, 31; Ricky J. Norwood Jr., 18; Gerald W. Lee, 21; Terry O. Johnson, 27; and Carlos Scott Jr., 19, all of Centralia, were those charged.
Count 1 charges D. Barnes, Lang, K. Barnes, Reeves, Wallace, Norwood, Lee, Johnson and Scott with conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, crack cocaine. The amount of crack cocaine involved in the conspiracy is more than 50 grams.
Count 2 charges D. Barnes and Reeves with conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, heroin.
Count 3 charges D. Barnes with possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine. Counts 4 and 5 each charge D. Barnes with distribution of crack cocaine.
Counts 6 and 7 each charge Lang with distribution of crack cocaine.
Counts 8 and 9 each charge K. Barnes with distribution of crack cocaine.
Counts 10 and 11 each charge Reeves with distribution of crack cocaine. Count 12 charges Reeves with distribution of heroin.
Counts 13 and 14 each charge Wallace with distribution of crack cocaine.
Counts 15 and 16 each charge Norwood with distribution of crack cocaine. Count 17 charges Norwood with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
Counts 18 and 19 each charge Lee with distribution of crack cocaine.
Counts 20 and 21 each charge Johnson with distribution of crack cocaine.
Counts 22 and 23 each charge Scott with distribution of crack cocaine.
With respect to Count 1, the defendants face a penalty of from 10 years’ to life imprisonment, a fine of up to $4 million and a term of supervised release of at least 5 years.
With respect to Count 2, the defendants face a penalty of up to 20 years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to $1 million and a term of supervised release of at least three years.
Count 3 carries a potential penalty of from 10 years’ to life imprisonment, a fine of up to $4 million and a term of supervised release of at least five years.
With respect to Counts 4, 5, 8 and 11, each defendant faces a potential penalty of five to 40 years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to $2 million and a term of supervised release of at least 4 years.
With respect to all other counts, each defendant faces a penalty of up to 20 years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to $1 million and a term of supervised release of at least three years.
