Nineteen defendants have been named in two indictments in a Bessemer drug trafficking conspiracy.
U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona announced the federal indictments on Wednesday, February 4, after they were unsealed.
First Indictment
The following people were charged in the first indictment:
- Hakim Rashad James, 48, of Birmingham
- Ranisha Alliya Tolbert, 26, of Bessemer
- Kelvin Dean Lewis, 48, of Bessemer
- Walter Jamal Tate, 47, of Birmingham
- James Edward Williams Jr., 42, of Bessemer
- Dornita Corine Roberson, 33, of Brighton
- Carveyon Tiean Jargee Glover, 27, of Bessemer
- Sammy Anthony Bryant Jr., 43, of Bessemer
- Leniqua Tamarshay Wood, 31, of Midfield
- Patra Shaneal Floyd, 29, of Birmingham
- Stayci Aieyanna Long, 22, of Brighton
Second Indictment
The second indictment charges:
- Antonious Somuntez Sanders, 45, of Bessemer
- Zestra Cartasha Williams, 46, of Bessemer
- Anthony Martez Harris, 39, of Birmingham
- Luis Antonio Spano, 48, of Warrior
- Geoffrey Lawson, 59, of Bessemer
- Annenah Majeed, 48, of Bessemer
- Tom Devonte Woods, 31, of Columbiana
- Unnamed Defendant known as “Roy,” 70, of Bessemer
Overall Charges
All 19 defendants are charged with conspiracy with the intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl between February 2025 and December 2025.
Fifteen defendants are also charged with at least one count of using a telephone to facilitate a drug trafficking crime.
Agents of the DEA and FBI, along with local law enforcement agencies, seized more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl as part of the joint investigation. The indictments contain special grand jury findings regarding the amount of methamphetamine and fentanyl attributable to different defendants as part of the drug trafficking conspiracies.
Specific Defendant Charges
- Sanders, Williams, and Majeed are charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and a substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.
- Sanders is also charged with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
- James is charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, 40 grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, and a substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
- Harris, Spano, Lawson, and “Roy” are charged with conspiracy to distribute a substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.
- Woods is charged with conspiracy to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.
- Tolbert, Tate, Williams Jr., Roberson, Lewis, and Long are charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
- Glover, Wood, and Floyd are charged with conspiracy to distribute a substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
- Bryant Jr. is charged with conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and a substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
Agencies Involved
The FBI and DEA investigated the cases along with the:
- Bessemer Police Department
- West Alabama Narcotics Task Force
- Fairfield Police Department
- Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
- Vestavia Police Department
- Hoover Police Department
- Shelby County Sheriff’s Office
- Irondale Police Department
- Homewood Police Department