Robert J. "Bob" Troester U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma
During the recent lapse in federal government funding, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma continued to prosecute cases involving dangerous drugs and violent crime. Several sentencings were finalized during this period.
Breon Monte Bellamy, 36, from Lawton, received a sentence of 156 months in federal prison and six years of supervised release for distributing fentanyl and conspiracy to distribute drugs. According to public records, on August 21, 2023, Bellamy sold fentanyl at a casino in Lawton. The drugs changed hands multiple times before reaching another Stephens County resident who died two days later from fentanyl and methamphetamine toxicity. Two others involved in the case, Reecy Ann Bench and Joanie Ann Wilson, previously pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges and were sentenced to 42 months and 54 months in prison respectively.
Andres Michi Gentry, 20, of Purcell, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison with three years of supervised release for possessing an unregistered firearm. On April 2, 2024, Gentry assaulted a victim at their home and fired at responding officers from the Purcell Police Department. A search of his home led to the recovery of a modified shotgun.
Mario Manzo, 39, from California, received a sentence of 37 months for assaulting a federal officer while incarcerated at the Federal Transfer Center (FTC) in Oklahoma City. In August 2023, Manzo struck an FTC employee while serving time for importing methamphetamine.
Philbert Quentin McCoy Jr., 23, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 147 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing black-market marijuana with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm related to drug trafficking. McCoy was arrested several times in Oklahoma with large quantities of marijuana and cash as well as firearms. In one incident in January 2024 he was found with over 80 kilograms of marijuana; another incident involved fleeing police and injuring an officer.
Four individuals from Oklahoma City—Adam Rouse (33), Brendan Shane Holder (32), Damion Blair Bradley George (31), and Kristopher Hauser (32)—were collectively sentenced to more than 520 months for maiming as part of racketeering activities linked to the Irish Mob Gang. The gang is known for drug distribution and acts of violence. According to indictments cited in public records: "For purposes of gaining entrance to and maintaining and increasing their position within the Irish Mob Gang," Rouse and Holder severed a victim’s finger with a hatchet while Holder, George, and Hauser participated in burning off a gang tattoo using a heated machete.
Stephen Scherer, 46, also from Oklahoma City, received a sentence of 240 months plus five years supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Police found nearly four kilograms of methamphetamine along with other drugs at his hotel base; Scherer has prior felony convictions including larceny and drug offenses.
Bruce Lawayne Talley Jr., age 40 from Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve over eleven years after being caught with more than 750 grams of fentanyl pills following a high-speed chase exceeding speeds of one hundred miles per hour.
Ladon Trevaughn Turner (33) was sentenced to almost twelve years after firing multiple rounds during a shootout in Bricktown on January 1st; authorities later found both firearms used during the incident as well as an illegal machinegun conversion device at his residence. Turner had previous felony convictions related to burglary and controlled substances.
Xavier Jordan Whiteside (28) from Odessa Texas received five years’ imprisonment after officers responding to a domestic violence call found him illegally possessing a loaded gun despite prior felony convictions.
These prosecutions resulted from investigations by agencies including the FBI Oklahoma City Field Office; Drug Enforcement Administration; Homeland Security Investigations; Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives; Federal Bureau of Prisons; state narcotics officials; highway patrol; local police departments including those from Norman Mooreland & Stephens County Sheriff’s Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elizabeth M. Bagwell,Tiffany Edgmon Stephen Hoch Elizabeth Joynes David McCrary Mary E Walters & Special Assistant U.S.Attorney Laney Ellis prosecuted these cases.
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