4 Macon-based drug distributors sentenced in Middle Georgia trafficking scheme
Four drug distributors in an armed drug trafficking scheme in Macon and Warner Robins will serve lengthy prison sentences, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia.
Devonta Jackson, 31, Laderion Jacobs, 30, Ladarrious King, 31, and Tanya Card, 51, were sentenced Tuesday in connection with a “Macon-based armed drug trafficking network, responsible for distributing kilograms of cocaine,” according to federal prosecutors. They were drug distributors, court records showed.
Jackson, Jacobs and King pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, federal prosecutors said. Card pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, federal prosecutors said.
Jackson was sentenced to 12 years in prison; Jacobs was sentenced to eight years in prison; and King and Card will serve more than five years in prison, federal prosecutors said.
Leroy Mintz, 29, also was charged in the case. He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances on Nov. 20, 2025, and was sentenced to 11 years in prison, prosecutors said.
Details of drug distribution site in Macon
The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested the defendants as part of “Operation Mobile Order,” a two-year investigation into a drug trafficking ring led by Eddie Reese, 53, federal prosecutors said.
Their primary drug distribution site was a “trap house” on Richard Street in Macon. The location operated as a restaurant, with members of Reese’s drug organization working shifts to distribute drugs, federal prosecutors said.
Investigators intercepted phones and ran controlled purchases of cocaine and crack cocaine, federal prosecutors said. Their investigation found transactions involving kilograms of cocaine from an Atlanta supplier.
The FBI executed 11 search warrants on Nov. 20, 2023 — including the “trap house” in Richard Street — for several locations in Macon, Warner Robins and Atlanta.
Law enforcement seized cocaine, 26 firearms and $93,247, federal prosecutors said. A machine gun also was seized from 43-year-old co-conspirator Alton Oliver’s home on Williamson Road in Macon.
The drug operation “that treated a Macon neighborhood like a retail storefront for cocaine” was dismantled, according to U.S. Attorney Will Keyes.
“No matter how long it takes, we will not stop our efforts to shut down criminal groups threatening the safety of our communities,” Keyes said.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office also helped in the investigation, federal prosecutors said.
Who were the others involved?
There were 12 defendants involved in the drug trafficking network, with all pleading guilty to their involvement. Jackson, Jacobs, King, Card and Mintz have been sentenced, but several others await a decision.
The following defendants have yet to be sentenced:
- Reese pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
- Roddreckious Williams, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of cocaine base and one count of distribution of cocaine.
- Antonyo Daniels, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
- Oliver pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
- Trayvon Simmons, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
- Marvin Huff, 50, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
- Roosevelt Cole, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances
Oliver faces life in prison, according to federal prosecutors. Reese, Daniels, Simmons, Huff and Cole face a maximum of 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine. Williams faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine per count.
“Together, FBI agents and Bibb County Sheriff’s Office investigators worked tirelessly to bring this cadre of criminals to justice,” Sheriff David Davis said. “Our community is much better off with these peddlers of poison off our streets.”
