Indiana Borough Police and the County’s District Attorney’s office took part in an investigation with many other law enforcement agencies that resulted in 31 people indicted, including one from Indiana.
According to a news release from the U.S. District Attorney’s Office in Pittsburgh, the one count indictment that was returned on August 10th named 30-year-old Ruby Gil of Indiana along with 28 others from Pennsylvania, a resident of Long Beach, California and a resident of Middletown, Delaware. All of them are charged with conspiring to distribute over a kilo of heroin, more than five kilos of cocaine, more than 280 grams of crack, more than 400 grams of fentanyl and more than 550 grams of methamphetamine.
Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman said in a news release that through the indictment, a major drug distribution that operated in the Johnstown region and beyond is now dismantled. Indiana County District Attorney Robert Manzi added that the cooperative efforts between local, state and federal authorities will eventually help everyone in the community.
The full list of suspects includes:
Mikal Davis, 44, of Philadelphia, PA;
Darren Alston, 29, of Johnstown, PA;
Anthony Andrews, 40, of Johnstown, PA;
Debra Bailey, 58, of Johnstown, PA;
Sandra Box, 55, of Johnstown, PA;
Jonathan Brunson, 50, of Johnstown, PA;
Hector Concepcion, 32, Johnstown, PA;
Willette Cooper, 39, of Johnstown, PA;
James Dotson, 43, of Johnstown, PA;
Joshua Edmonds, 28, of Johnstown, PA;
Azheem Ellis, 45, of Johnstown, PA;
Ruby Gil, 30, of Indiana, PA;
Shawn Howard, 47, of Johnstown, PA;
Kevin Johnson, 35, of Johnstown, PA;
Rashim Kennedy-Williams, 41, of Philadelphia, PA;
Perry King, 45, of Johnstown, PA;
Amber Lingafelt, 38, of Johnstown, PA;
Dwight Logan, 42, of Johnstown, PA;
Jeffrey Mann, 43, of Philadelphia, PA;
George Mazey, 50, of Johnstown, PA;
Timothy Mollett, 40, of Turtle Creek, PA;
Mary Lou Nelson, 58, of Johnstown, PA;
James Pearcy, 57, of Philadelphia, PA;
Gina Petrucci, 51, of Conshohocken, PA;
Derrick Polk, 58, of Long Beach, CA;
Paul Smith, 43, of Middletown, DE;
Rodney Smith, 65, of Johnstown, PA;
Joseph Thornton, 31, of Johnstown, PA;
Amanda Weidner, 37, of Johnstown, PA;
Jessica Wilson, 35, of Johnstown, PA; and
Blake Young, 32, of Johnstown, PA.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.
The participating agencies in the investigation included:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
Laurel Highlands Resident Agency
Homeland Security Investigations
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation
United States Postal Inspection Service
Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General
Pennsylvania State Police
Cambria County District Attorney’s Office
Indiana County District Attorney’s Office
Cambria County Sheriff’s Office
Cambria Township Police Department
Indiana Borough Police Department
Johnstown Police Department
Upper Yoder Township Police Department
Richland Police Department
Ferndale Police Department
other local law enforcement agencies.
