DAYTON, Ohio – In a major blow to the city’s drug trade, two brothers were sentenced to over a decade in prison for leading a multi-state cocaine ring.
Roger Earl Walton, Jr., 44, of Concord, North Carolina, and Shawn Lee Walton, 50, of Charlotte, North Carolina, were found guilty of orchestrating a lucrative conspiracy to traffic kilogram quantities of cocaine from 2014 to 2020.
The government argued that the Walton brothers were sophisticated drug distributors, using their network to source bulk amounts of narcotics from Los Angeles and Houston to Dayton and Charlotte, North Carolina.
As part of the case, law enforcement seized over 25 kilograms of cocaine and more than $1 million in cash from the drug-trafficking organization.
According to court documents, the Walton brothers and four other defendants conspired to traffic at least 3,000 kilograms of converted drug weight. The six defendants were charged by indictment in August 2020.
The sentencing of the Walton brothers marks a significant victory for law enforcement agencies across multiple jurisdictions, who worked tirelessly to dismantle the organization. U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker commended the efforts of the Oklahoma COMIT Task Force, the Charlotte Mecklenburg, North Carolina, and Beaumont, Texas, police departments, the Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s Office and the DEA in Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina.
The prosecution was led by Assistant United States Attorneys Amy Smith and Rob Painter, with the assistance of Trial Attorney Elizabeth R. Rabe, now with the Money Laundering Asset Recovery Section.
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Key Facts
- State: Ohio
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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