Updated: Nov 20, 2021
By Joe Johnson
A federal indictment was unsealed Friday that charged 13 people, including "high-level" Athens gang members in connection with an ongoing FBI Safe Streets Gang Task Force investigation into an organization of alleged drug traffickers and violent offenders in Athens-Clarke County with ties to metro Atlanta.
The indicted Athens gang members belonged to 1831 Piru, said Athens-Clarke County Police Chief Cleveland Spruill during a Friday afternoon press conference at ACCPD's east precinct.
Members of the gang have previously been arrested for aggravated assaults with guns and murder.
Contraband seized during the investigation included 60 guns, $1.036 million cash, a machine gun, a land mine, and drugs with a street value of $817,710.
Those charged in the indictment are:
• Reginald Battle, Sr., 46, of Statham, one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine
• Quintavious Clark aka Tre Clark, 28, of Athens, one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and four counts of distribution of cocaine base and cocaine
• TaMichael Darden aka T-Mike, 40, of Athens, one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, three counts of distribution of cocaine base and one count of distribution of cocaine.
• Mohamed Elnour, 33, of Atlanta, one count each of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
• Daquan Faust aka Cocaine, 29, of Athens, one count each of illegal possession of a machine gun and possession of a stolen firearm
• Marqueze Johnson, 25, of Athens, one count of distribution of cocaine base.
• Tevondous Kinney, 29, of Athens, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug
trafficking crime, one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and two counts of distribution of cocaine base.
• Corey Mitchell aka Murda, 37, of Athens, one count each of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine
• Hendrex Nicely aka Hen, 32, of Athens, two counts of distribution of heroin.
• Danny Sims aka Danny Boy, 57, of Hull, one count each of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base.
• Miller Sutton, 64, of Winder, one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
• Darren Thrasher, 45, of Athens, three counts of distribution of cocaine base.
• Gregory Wade, Sr., 53, of Athens, one count of distribution of crack cocaine and cocaine.