10 central Alabama men now facing charges stemming from an alleged conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine

MONTGOMERY, Al.

  An investigation by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies has yielded the arrests of 10 central Alabama men now facing charges stemming from an alleged conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine in Pike, Butler and Houston counties and elsewhere throughout the Middle District of Alabama. 

A federal grand jury indicted Eric Jerome Parker, 29, of Troy; Willie Charles Townsend, 34, of Fairburn, Ga.; Christopher Darrin Alloway, 22, of Troy; Jason Terrell Davenport, 20, of Troy; Ronisha Rawshon Carter, 20, of Troy; Willie Pereze Boggan, 27, of Greenville; Brian Javoris Walker, 29, of Greenville; Kelvin Dewayne Anderson, 32, of Dothan; Cedrin Farrod Carter, 28, of Brundidge; and Jeffery Nolan Bennett, 26, of Troy, on drug trafficking charges. Parker and Townsend were also charged as laundering the organization's proceeds
If convicted on all counts in the indictment, Parker, Boggan, Cedrin Carter and Bennett face mandatory life sentences in federal prison. Townsend, Walker and Anderson face minimum sentences of 20 years and maximum life sentences if convicted on all charges. Alloway, Davenport and Ronisha Carter face minimum terms of 10 years in federal prison, and up to a life sentence.
"Drugs are a poison that destroy communities, families and people's lives. My office will use every means available under the law to punish those who distribute this poison to the citizens of the Middle District," U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. said in a statement.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, Troy police, Greenville police, Houston County Sheriff's Department, Alabama State Troopers, and the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. The investigation is ongoing and additional indictments are expected.