21 Defendants Sentenced in Wichita Falls Federal Drug Conspiracy Case
Beginning in October 2022, officers with the Wichita Falls Police Department’s Special Operations Division launched an investigation into individuals distributing illegal narcotics throughout Wichita Falls and North Texas. In March 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Wichita Falls Resident Agency adopted the case.
Over the following year, WFPD Special Operations, FBI agents, and task force officers conducted extensive surveillance, interviews, search warrants, and controlled drug buys to build a federal conspiracy case. The investigation resulted in the seizure of 6,789.2 grams of methamphetamine, 719 grams of powder cocaine, 55.1 grams of crack cocaine, 2,197 counterfeit M-30 pills laced with fentanyl, 50 grams of powder fentanyl, 9 firearms, and $80,714 in U.S. currency.
On May 16, 2024, a large-scale, multi-agency arrest operation was carried out in Wichita Falls and Vernon, Texas, involving the Wichita Falls Police Department, FBI, Texas Department of Public Safety, Wichita County Sheriff’s Office, and United States Marshal Service. Twenty-one subjects were arrested on federal conspiracy drug charges. All defendants have since pleaded guilty. Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Montes prosecuted the case.
The federal sentences are as follows:
- D’Metrus Brooks, 37 – 360 months
- Dominique Hall, 40 – 210 months
- Dywane Graham, 49 – 150 months
- Stanley Britt, 58 – 40 months
- Sarah Parker, 40 – 87 months
- Dwight Simpson, 49 – 130 months
- Madeline Stephens, 38 – 121 months
- Shedrick Cyrus, 39 – 135 months
- Elisha Johnson, 40 – 140 months
- Jaryd Howard, 32 – 70 months
- Jimmie Williams, 58 – 78 months
- Robert Collins, 56 – 120 months
- Samuel Manuel, 48 – 120 months
- Kenzie Lozano, 38 – 87 months
- Jack Cline, 32 – 135 months
- Jewel Fletcher, 46 – 168 months
- Tanga Wyatt, 35 – 84 months
- Will Freeman, 44 – 168 months
- Brandy Flowers, 45 – 151 months
- Robert Bustamante, 65 – 60 months
- Ujamaa Ballard, 28 – 170 months
The investigation remains a coordinated effort to combat drug trafficking and ensure community safety.
