Five people indicted in a federal investigation in east Arkansas into police involvement in a drug trafficking ring are set for hearings in the next few days, including the sentencing of one of the alleged leaders.
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Operation Delta Blues
Mug shots of some arrested in the Operation Delta Blues investigation. Persons appearing here are presumed innocent until a court of law determines otherwise, and inclusion on this list does not mean a person has been convicted of the arrest charge.
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Operation Delta Blues
- Winston Dean Jackson plea agreement
- Lester Martin plea agreement
- Robert Bennett plea agreement
- Operation Delta Blues indictments
- Helena-West Helena indictments 5
- Helena-West Helena indictments 6
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- Helena-West Helena indictments 8
- Robert Rogers and Marlene Kalb indictment
- Helena-West Helena indictments 1
- Helena-West Helena indictments 2
- Helena-West Helena indictments 3
The first person to have pleaded guilty in the investigation, 28-year-old Sedrick “Binky” Trice, is to be sentenced on Wednesday. Prosecutors recommended a 40-year prison sentence for Trice, who allegedly worked with another man to run drugs through Helena-West Helena for distribution in the region.
A grand jury indicted 70 people, including five police officers, in October in a scheme in which officers were paid to protect drug shipments.
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Three other people in the investigation are to have change of plea hearings this week, and one other person is to be sentenced.