MIAMI NEWS
February 06, 2013
Contact: Public Information Officer
Number: 954-660-4602
Fourteen Individuals Indicted in Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy
FEB 06 (TAMPA, Fla.)  - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today the unsealing of a federal indictment charging 14 individuals with conspiring to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana. Law enforcement teams in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi made the arrests earlier today in this joint law enforcement investigation, dubbed Operation Wooly Swamp. If convicted, each individual faces a maximum penalty of 10 years, up to life in federal prison.
This case was investigated by the DEA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force 2), Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, and the Clearwater Police Department.
OPERATION WOOLY SWAMP
Name    
Age Residence
Gaudencio Garcia,
 a/k/a Pelon, a/k/a Hugo,
 a/k/a Jose
26
Wimauma, Florida
Armando Martinez-Hernandez
 a/k/a Choco, a/k/a Mando,
 a/k/a Juan
45
Weslaco, Texas
Luis Alberto Garcia,
 a/k/a Louie, a/k/a Chuey
32
Weslaco, Texas
Herman Martinez
23
Wimauma, Florida
Ismael Martinez,
 a/k/a Jose
24
Wimauma, Florida
Charles Daniel Law
52
Riverview, Florida
Anthony Edward Peters,
 a/k/a Tony
36
Clearwater, Florida
Joseph Fairweather,
 a/k/a Joey
28
Holiday, Florida
Christopher Hart,
 a/k/a Chris
39
New Port Richey, Florida
Paul Jason Pless
37
Gibsonton, Florida
Charles Francis Martin, III,
 a/k/a Chuck
42
Riverview, Florida
Cynthia Ford Rico,
 a/k/a Cindy
56
West Memphis, Arkansas
Pamela Ford Walker
54
Oxford, Mississippi
David Ray Hobbs
63
Memphis, Tennessee
Charge: Conspiracy to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana
Maximum Penalty: 10 years, up to life in federal prison
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of the federal criminal laws, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.