KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Twenty-three people are charged in a multi-county East Tennessee oxycodone and money laundering conspiracy, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.
The suspects were indicted by a federal grand jury in Knoxville on June 5.
Those arrested are: John Wesley Goss, 58; Eva Hallene McNelley, 59; Joey Eugene Brewer, 30; Christopher Shannon Carroll, 37; Katrina Elaine Carroll, 33; Jeffrey Wade Fine, 35; Amy Renee Shillings, 41; Russell Anthony Walters, 31; Stephen Eugene Williams, 36; Bobby Lee Martin, 61; Jeremiah J. Cooley, 35; Richard E. Goldberg, 29; James Charles Luffman, 41; Samuel Houston Newcome, 31; Montique Denise Chandler, 36; Tawny Michelle Inman, 22; Debbie Colleen Stooksbury, 40; Johnny Wayne Watts, 32; Cynthia Kay Wheeler, 51; and Timothy Guy Wright, 49, all of Roane County, Tenn.
Nineteen of the suspects appeared in court on Wednesday and Thursday, pleading not guilty to their charges.
Trial is set for August 28 in U.S. District Court in Knoxville.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says since some people allegedly died after using oxycodone in connection to this case, there are defendants who could face life in prison, and others who could face 20 years to life.
