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A 220-gram package of methamphetamine, intercepted by the US Postal Inspection Service in May 2025, led to the downfall of a Covington, Kentucky-based trafficking operation. Stephanie Marie Terrell, a 39-year-old woman from Batavia, Ohio, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for her role in the scheme.
Packages like this one, mailed from Houston, Texas to Covington, were the lifeblood of the trafficking operation. On May 27, 2025, law enforcement conducted a controlled delivery of the package, which was retrieved by co-defendant Scott Baxter from the porch of a Covington residence. Terrell was driving a nearby vehicle, and when she saw the package being retrieved, she began driving away. But a traffic stop was initiated, and the package was thrown out of the vehicle by front seat passenger Dereco Lamont Evans.
Terrell and her co-defendants, including Joseph Felix Garza and Timothy J. McCay, were caught and charged with various counts related to the trafficking operation. Terrell pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the attempted possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
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📋 Key Facts
- Crime: Drug Trafficking
- Defendant: Eastern Kentucky
- Location: KY
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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