(WBAP/KLIF) – Fort Worth – Following a two-month targeted initiative called “Operation Showdown” to reduce violent crime in Fort Worth, Texas, 76 individuals have been arrested for federal and state firearms and drug offenses.
The announcement was made by Nancy E. Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and Bennie Mims, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives (ATF), who led the investigation. Other critical partners in this operation include:
- Eduardo Chavez, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration
- Keith Brown, Executive Director, Texoma High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
- Chief of Police Robert Alldredge, Fort Worth Police Department
- Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County District Attorney
- Bill Waybourn, Tarrant County Sheriff
- Marco Villarreal, United States Marshals Service for the Northern District of Texas, represented in today’s announcement by Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Toby Reed
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement – Enforcement and Removal Operations
Federal Defendants: Fifty-six defendants have been arrested on federal charges. Offenses with which individuals have been charged include illegal firearms trafficking, unlawful possession and transfer of machineguns, unlawful possession of firearms, using a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime, and conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl. The potential sentences of these federal defendants, if convicted, range from 10 years to up to life in prison. Reference is made to public records, including related, recently unsealed federal complaints, for additional information.
State Defendants: Twenty defendants have been charged in Tarrant County District Court with possession of controlled substances, including methamphetamine and fentanyl. Reference is made to public records for additional information.
Seizures: In addition to charging 76 defendants, law enforcement recovered the following items:
- 287 firearms, including:
- 91 Pistols
- 6 Revolvers
- 17 Rifles
- 1 Shotgun
- 25 Machineguns, and
- 147 Machinegun conversion devices (MCDs)
- 14.8 kilograms of cocaine
- 7.5 kilograms of methamphetamine
- 480 grams of fentanyl
- 13 grams of heroin
- 1.4 kilograms of marijuana
Please note these numbers are the collective recoveries over the course of Operation Showdown and are not attributable to each individual defendant.
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