Ten People Have Been Indicted Following A Fentanyl Trafficking Investigation By The Carter County Sheriff’s Office. The Operation, Called “Operation Blue Skies,” Began In March And Led To Multiple Charges For Conspiracy To Distribute Large Amounts Of Controlled Substances. Authorities Say 20-Year-Old Noah William Cooper Of Kingsport Was The Head Of The Operation. He And 27-Year-Old Dylan Lee Messer Of Johnson City Are Now In Federal Custody. Several Others Are Being Held At The Carter County Detention Center On A Variety Of Drug-Related Charges, Some Connected To An Overdose Death.
OPERATION BLUE SKIES: ARRESTED INDIVIDUALS
NOAH WILLIAM COOPER, 20, KINGSPORT – CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 150 GRAMS OR MORE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
DYLAN LEE MESSER, 27, JOHNSON CITY – CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 150 GRAMS OR MORE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (15+ GRAMS); POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; POSSESSION OF A FIREARM DURING COMMISSION OF DANGEROUS FELONY; MAINTAINING DWELLING FOR DRUGS; SALE OF SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
JESSE CALVIN FELTS III, 22, ELIZABETHTON – CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 150 GRAMS OR MORE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (ALSO CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND HELD WITHOUT BOND)
MATTHEW HUNTER HUDSON, 21, ELIZABETHTON – CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 150 GRAMS OR MORE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; SALE OF SCHEDULE I AND II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (BOND: $125,000)
ALEXY KEYANNA SHIPLEY, 26, LEBANON, VA – CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 150 GRAMS OR MORE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; POSSESSION OF A FIREARM DURING COMMISSION OF A DANGEROUS FELONY; MAINTAINING A DWELLING FOR DRUGS (BOND: $125,000)
CHASE JONATHAN MILLER, 22, JOHNSON CITY – CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 150 GRAMS OR MORE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; SALE OF SCHEDULE I AND II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
ETHAN HENRY HARVEY, 19, JOHNSON CITY – CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 150 GRAMS OR MORE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; SALE OF SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
BROOKLYN SUE COLLINS, 22, ELIZABETHTON – CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 150 GRAMS OR MORE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (15+ GRAMS); POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
RONALD PAUL KELLEY JR., 54, JOHNSON CITY – CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 150 GRAMS OR MORE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
ZACHARY ALLEN CARR, 24, ELIZABETHTON – CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE 150 GRAMS OR MORE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE