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<p>SCRANTON &#8212; Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that a federal grand jury in Scranton indicted six Luzerne County residents on Tuesday for various drug trafficking and firearm offenses.</p><p>The indictment charges all of the defendants with conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine base (crack cocaine) in Luzerne County from approximately Nov. 10, 2015 through May 6, 2016, the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office announced in a news release. Each of the defendants also is charged with one or more counts of distributing or possessing with intent to distribute heroin or crack cocaine.</p><p>The defendants are:</p><p>&#8226; Truman Jones, 40, of Wilkes-Barre</p><p>&#8226; Al Dunlap, 25, of Wilkes-Barre</p><p>&#8226; Jaquan Henderson, 26, of Edwardsville</p><p>&#8226; Nadeurdra Mayhams, 24, of Edwardsville</p><p>&#8226; Davon Beckford, 21, of Edwardsville</p><p>&#8226; Stephanie Walter, 25, of Edwardsville</p><p>The indictment also charges Jones, Dunlap and Mayhams with possessing firearms in furtherance of their narcotics trafficking activities. The indictment seeks forfeiture of the firearms, ammunition and currency recovered from the defendants.</p><p>Federal prosecutors indicated that Jones and Mayhams had previously been arrested and charged in federal criminal complaints premised on the same activities on Feb. 9, 2016 and May 6, 2016, respectively.</p><p>The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Enforcement, the Pennsylvania State Police, and police departments in Wilkes-Barre and Edwardsville.</p><p>This case was brought as part of a district wide initiative to combat the nationwide epidemic of the use and distribution of heroin. Led by the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office, the heroin initiative targets heroin traffickers operating in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and is part of a coordinated effort among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, according to the release.</p><p>This case was also brought as part of the Violent Crime Reduction Partnership (&#8220;VCRP&#8221;), a district-wide initiative to combat the spread of violent crime in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, prosecutors say. Led by the United States Attorney&#8217;s Office, the VCRP consists of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies whose mission is to locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who commit violent crimes.</p><style>
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Six Luzerne County residents indicted for drug trafficking, firearm offenses