(Fargo, ND) A jury convicted two men on multiple counts for their leadership in a drug trafficking organization, which targeted three North Dakota Native American Reservations. A multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Diversion of Drug Enforcement called "Operation Blue Prairie", found Baquan Sledge, Darius Sledge, and multiple co-conspirators
FARGO - After a 12-day trial, a federal jury in Fargo found two Detroit men guilty for their leadership in a drug trafficking organization targeting t.
North Dakota reservations target of Detroit opioid traffickers, feds say
U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley unveils Operation Letter To Reub, which alleges 30 people shipped tens of millions of dollars worth of fentanyl and oxycodone pills to the Fort Berthold, Spirit Lake and Turtle Mountain reservations. 6:30 pm, Feb. 24, 2021 ×
Many more indictments are expected in cracking a drug ring that targeted North Dakota Indian Reservations.
FARGO Federal prosecutors have started to unveil defendants in a significant opioid trafficking case they say led one of the most violent Detroit gangs to North Dakota Indian reservations.
In likely his last news conference, U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley on Wednesday, Feb. 24, named DeVonsha Dabney and Romel Rambus, two 26-year-olds from Detroit, as suspected ring leaders of the Reub gang, which allegedly trafficked tens of millions of dollars worth of fentanyl and oxycodone pills to the Fort Berthold, Spirit Lake and Turtle Mountai
FARGO, N.D. (AP) Federal prosecutors say they have cut into an opioid pipeline that for five years has been moving millions of dollars worth of oxycodone pills from Detroit to three American.
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A jury trial has been scheduled for Feb. 23 in U.S. District Court in Fargo before Judge Peter Welte for some defendants whom authorities allege were part of a a drug trafficking ring that distributed oxycodone on the Fort Berthold, Turtle Mountain, and Spirit Lake reservations between 2015 and 2019. The ring also reportedly had ties to Detroit, Mich.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Fargo held a press conference on Thursday to discuss developments in “Operation Blue Prairie.”
Authorities allege that the ring leaders of the operation were Baquan Ramon Sledge Jr. and Darius Martese Sledge, who were each indicted for participaing in a continuing criminal enterprise. Directly under them in the operation were Derrick Eugene Walker and Dondiago Francisco Jones, both of whom are from Detroit and who, along with Baquan Sledge and Darius Sledge, were indicted for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Also in