Tyrone Anderson, Cocaine & Heroin Trafficking, California 2021

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a 45-count indictment yesterday against 15 defendants for a conspiracy to traffic cocaine, cocaine base, and heroin in the Sacramento area, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

The indictment charges the following defendants: Tyrone Anderson, 40, of Sacramento; Maurice Bryant, 51, of Antelope; Yovanny Ontiveros, 41, of Sacramento; Alex White, 61, of North Highlands; Jason Tolbert, 44, of Sacramento; Andre Hellams, 38, of North Highlands; Michael Hampton, 57, of Vallejo; Steven Hampton, 61, of Sacramento; Wilmer Harden, 52, of Elk Grove; Charles Sidney Carter, 34, of Sacramento; Bobby Conner, 50, of Sacramento; Jerome Adams, 54, of North Highlands; Dwight Haney, 49, of Sacramento; Arlington Caine, 47, of Rio Linda; and Mark Martin, 62, of Sacramento.

The indictment charges Bryant, Harden, Anderson, Carter, Conner, Adams, Haney, Caine, Martin, White, Hellams, Tolbert, Steven Hampton, and Michael Hampton with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 5 kilograms of cocaine and 280 grams of cocaine base. The indictment also charges Anderson and Ontiveros with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. During and in furtherance of these conspiracies, the indictment charges certain defendants with distributing cocaine and cocaine base, possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, possessing with intent to distribute heroin, possessing firearms as felons, and using communication facilities to facilitate drug trafficking offenses.

According to court documents, between March 1, 2018, and May 19, 2021, law enforcement seized over 5 kilograms of cocaine, a kilogram of heroin, a half kilogram of cocaine base, and multiple firearms.

“This investigation and indictment results in the dismantling of a network of long-time leaders and organizers in a regional cocaine, heroin, and crack cocaine distribution chain that stretches beyond the Eastern District of California, through Southern California, and into Mexico,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Talbert.

Tyrone Anderson, 40, of Sacramento, is charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 5 kilograms of cocaine and 280 grams of cocaine base, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, distributing cocaine and cocaine base, possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, possessing with intent to distribute heroin, possessing firearms as a felon, and using communication facilities to facilitate drug trafficking offenses. If convicted of the conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base charge, Anderson could face life in prison.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tyrone Anderson, 40, of Sacramento, was charged yesterday with a 45-count indictment for his role in a conspiracy to traffic cocaine, cocaine base, and heroin in the Sacramento area. If convicted, he could face life in prison.

This case is the product of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the California Department of Justice, the California Highway Patrol, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, and the Sacramento Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Cameron L. Desmond and Aaron D. Pennekamp are prosecuting the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/15-indicted-large-scale-sacramento-cocaine-and-heroin-trafficking-conspiracies