SBI, Local and Federal Agencies Arrest 26 Individuals in Large-Scale Narcotics Investigation that Spanned Four Counties

10/25/2019
 

MEDIA RELEASE
Raleigh, NC –
After an approximately seven-month long investigation, 26 people were arrested on Wednesday, October 23rd and Thursday, October 24th as part of a multi-jurisdictional operation that involved the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), Asheville Police Department, Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, Haywood County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).  This large-scale narcotics investigation began in Henderson County and expanded into Buncombe, Haywood and Madison Counties.

The primary targets of this ongoing investigation, Fabian Carrillo Blas, Abel Carbajal and Mark Leman Tobe, conspired to distribute kilogram quantities of cocaine in western North Carolina, and utilized a large network of associates to do so.  As a result of the investigation, approximately four kilograms of methamphetamine, 1½ kilograms of cocaine, smaller amounts of heroin pills and marijuana in addition to several firearms and more than $90,000 were seized.  The case culminated in the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 23, 2019, with search warrants executed in multiple counties and the arrests of the following 26 individuals:

 

Fabian Carrillo Blas

H/M/DOB:11/20/1984 

Charges:

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

 

Mark Leman Tobe

B/M/DOB:2/15/1976

Charges:

  • Multiple Counts of Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Abel Carbajal

H/M/DOB:6/20/1973

Charges:

  • Multiple Counts of Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office

 

Daniel Castro Luna

H/M/DOB:4/11/1984

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine (multiple counts)

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Salvador Jaime Ramirez Blas

H/M/DOB:10/20/1976

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Jazmin Jauregui Ruelas

H/F/DOB:

Charges:

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Crystal Surrett Shaw

B/F/DOB:5/10/1982

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Terrence Termain-D Lynch

B/M/DOB:3/18/1995

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Rodney Deshawn McDay

B/M/DOB:1/16/1980

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Kinta Phenique Bowditch

B/F/DOB:4/29/1977

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Tony Darnell Peppers

B/M/DOB:10/8/1970

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Purvis Mack Tobe

B/M/DOB:4/23/1945

Charges:

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Alonso Carbajal

H/M/DOB:2/6/1998

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office

 

Marisela Mendoza

H/F/DOB:1/22/1979

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office

 

Jose Octavio Navarro

H/M/DOB:1/10/1991

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Dezmon Kenzil Woodyard

B/M/DOB:1/13/1988

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Jonathan Winston Flowers

B/M/DOB:12/18/1978

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Emanuel McClendon Graves

B/M/DOB:1/29/1977

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Reginald Tyrone Logan

B/M/DOB:4/30/1977

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Brandon Louis Houston

W/M/DOB:7/28/1988

Charges:

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Luis Christopher Alatorre Raygoza

H/M/DOB:10/11/1993

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office

 

Miguel Angel Martinez Salgado

H/M/DOB:

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office

 

David Anaya

H/M/DOB:7/14/1983

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Stephen Lamont Evans

B/M/DOB:6/13/1972

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Omar Arredondo Moreno

H/M/DOB:7/25/1984

Charges:

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

Angela Crystal Clemmons

B/F/DOB:10/23/1972

Charges:

  • Conspiracy to Traffic in Cocaine

  • Aid and Abet a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (A/A CCE)

*Mug shot can be obtained from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office

 

 

 

The following agencies served as the primary investigators:

 

Asheville Police Department (APD)

Henderson County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO)

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NCSBI)

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

 

The following agencies assisted with arrests, search warrants and/or provided information which aided in the investigation:

 

United States Secret Service (USSS)

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)

Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO)

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO)

Haywood County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO)

Madison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO)

Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO)

Black Mountain Police Department (BMPD)

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

Oconee County Sheriff’s Office (South Carolina) (OCSO)

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED)

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO)

Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD)

Swain County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO)

McDowell County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO)

 

This investigation is ongoing.  Additional drug/trafficking charges and/or arrests may be forthcoming.  No additional information is available at this time.

Contact:  Angie Grube/ SBI Public Information Director

   980-781-3049

  agrube@ncsbi.gov