A Grove woman indicted on federal drug, money laundering, and conspiracy charges is accused of delivering methamphetamine to northeast Oklahoma.
Lindsey Stark Cornell, 45, is one of seven individuals charged with nine counts of drug conspiracy and money laundering in Tulsa’s US District Court. She is free on a $10,000 bail.
Sidney Peter Rivas, 46; Marcus Allen Bearpaw, 30; Noble’s Michael Anthony Collum, 41; Lindsay’s William Boyd Jones, 39; Jennifer Suzanne Swanson, 48; and Juan Carlos Perez-Hernandez, 43, are also charged.
Rivas, who is incarcerated, is accused of planning, leading, and benefitting from the distribution of methamphetamine while in prison.
In addition to allegedly delivering methamphetamine into the distant corners of the US, the 23-page indictment shows Cornell engaged in 142 financial transactions totaling $219,803.31, which represented narcotics revenues delivered to suppliers, couriers, and dealers in Mexico and the US.
According to court records, Rivas was detained in Oklahoma from May 17, 2018, until October 22, 2022, when he was transported to Virginia.
According to the indictment, Rivvas met other convicts in jail who had sources of illicit drug supply and were part of networks of bulk and street-level drug sellers. He also met jail personnel and encouraged them to help him sell illegal substances and launder the revenues.
He also reached an arrangement with the Indian Brotherhood, another Oklahoma prison gang, as well as with members of other criminal organizations, to collaborate, expand, and enable more drug trafficking operations through their associated networks of drug sellers.
Bearpaw and Hernandez are also incarcerated. According to online records, a jury trial is slated for October 20.
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