ERIE — United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced on Thursday the unsealing of an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Erie, charging the leaders and members of a drug trafficking organization based in Warren and Crawford counties with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
“We are going right to the source to stop these drug trafficking networks in their tracks and prevent them from putting methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs on the streets of our communities,” said Brady. “Working with our state and local partners, we will take the fight to these drug dealers, to dismantle their operations in Erie, Titusville, Akron, Ohio or back to Mexico.”
The first indictment charges 15 Pennsylvania residents and an Ohio man with violating federal drug and firearms laws.
The nine-count Indictment, returned on Sept. 8, and unsealed Thursday, named as defendants:
Carina Elizabeth Tucker, 31, Titusville; Gale Arthur Flick Jr., 47, Garland; Anthony James Stufflebeam, 33, currently incarcerated at SCI Albion; Charles John Vanderhoff, 36, Akron, Ohio; Stephanie Ann Bryan, 29, Butler; Sarah Umanita Bloom, 29, currently incarcerated at SCI Muncy; Rusty Jay Bingman, 45; Scott Christopher Schreckengost, 42, Spartansburg; Kimberly Ann Gesin, 43, Titusville; Cody Tobias Greeley, 24, Tidioute; Tedra Mae McGarvie, 40, address unknown; Trevor Allen McGarvie, 23, currently incarcerated at SCI Mercer; Nicholas James Barnes, 27, address unknown; Brandi Marie Hanna, 31, address unknown; Kevin Wayne Huet; 31, Grand Valley; and Kevin John Frederick, 43, Townville.
According to the Indictment presented to the court, from in and around June 2018, to on or about Feb. 28, 2020, the defendants conspired to possess with intent to distribute and distributed five hundred grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine as they participated in a methamphetamine distribution network that trafficked methamphetamine from Akron, Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania into Crawford, Venango and Warren counties.
The indictment alleges that Tucker, Flick, Stufflebeam and Bingman maintained premises for the purpose of manufacturing, repackaging and distributing the methamphetamine. Flick and Huet are also charged with possessing firearms during and in relation to drug trafficking activities, and McGarvie is accused of possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
In addition, the indictment alleges that Tucker, Flick and Stufflebeam unlawfully distributed methamphetamine on specific charged dates and that on or about Sept. 20, 2019, Tucker knowingly, intentionally and unlawfully possessed with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendants. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Pennsylvania State Police — Troop E, Vice Unit, the Titusville Police Department, the Warren County Drug Task Force, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office and the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation leading to the Indictment in this case.
