Gary Collin Bussell, Overdose Death, Texas 2019

North Texas Overdose Death Lands 10 Defendants Behind Bars

SHERMAN, Texas - In a major blow to the region's drug trafficking underworld, 10 individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with a deadly overdose in Fairview, Texas, in December 2018.

According to a lengthy investigation by the North Texas Strike Force, a combined task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement executed federal arrest warrants on October 30, 2019, resulting in the arrests of the following defendants:

Gary Collin Bussell, 50, of Dallas; Ben Westin, 28, of Carrollton, Texas; Scott Perras, 27, of McKinney, Texas; Frank Eric Dockery, 45, of Blue Ridge, Texas; William Grant Allbrook, 32, of The Colony, Texas; Austin Seymour, 24, of Dallas; Lisa Young, 32, of Dallas; George Wagner, III, 46, of Garland, Texas; Gina Corwin, 51, of Dallas; and Todd Shewmake, 34, of McKinney, Texas.

The defendants are charged with a range of crimes, including possession with intent to distribute and distribution of controlled substances resulting in death and aiding and abetting, conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and accessory after the fact.

The investigation, which was part of the Department of Justice's OCDETF Co-located Strike Forces Initiative, targeted the region's largest threats, with a particular emphasis on heroin and synthetic opioids trafficking.

The defendants made initial appearances last week, and the case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

It's worth noting that an indictment is not evidence of guilt, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/north-texas-strike-force-arrests-10-defendants-related-collin-county-overdose-death