A Botetourt County grand jury returned direct indictments agains 43 individuals and indirect indictments against 19 others when it met October 2 in Fincastle.
Twenty-two of the direct indictments are on drug distribution charges that ranged from hydorcodoen and heroine to methamphetamines.
The grand jury also returned 20 indictments against an individual on sodomy charges and one first degree attempted murder indictment.
The indictments included:
DIRECT
- Tania Afrin of Oviendo, Fla., false pretenses
- Michael Blake Amos of Troutville, attempted escape
- Dakota Rey Austin of Salem, two counts of distributing heroin
- Antonio Baez of Cloverdale, distributing Gabapentin; distributing imitation Schedule I/II drugs
- Richard Joseph Banner of Cana, Va., possession of drugs by a prisoner
- Faranak Bavardeh of San Diego, Calif., false pretenses
- Michael E. Beckner of Roanoke, five counts of bad checks
- Brian Jeffrey Blankenship of Blue Ridge, distributing heroin
- Joshua Brian Bowes, two counts of distributing methamphetamine
- Jennifer Lynn Boyd, address not listed, three counts of distributing methamphetamine
- Shane Douglas Branson of Roanoke, two counts of distributing marijuana
- Audrey Marie Brugh of Roanoke, distributing Schedule I/II drugs, conspiracy to distribute
- Tyler Shane Durham of Blue Ridge, delivering drugs to a prisoner
- Justin Scott Flowers of Salem, distributing imitation Schedule I/II drugs
- Morgan Taylor Giles, no address listed, grand larceny
- Richard James Greene of Troutville, 20 counts of sodomy
- Robert Cody Haney of Troutville, four counts of grand larceny, two counts of destroying property, possession of burglary tools, obstruction
- Dustin Robert Holdren of Moneta, fraud
- Teresa Walker Kinzie of Troutville, driving under the influence
- Tyler Nicolae Mann of Roanoke, distributing marijuana, distributing Schedule II drutgs
- Carl Andrew Minnix of Roanoke, three counts of distributing methamphetamine
- Dominic Joseph Morris of Cloverdale, possession LSD
- Robert Wallace Nalley of Clifton, grand larceny, intent to sell
- Stephanie Dawn Neal of Roanoke, two counts of petty larceny, subsequent
- Henry Alan Norris of Buchanan, manufacturing marijuana, intent to distribute
- Jackie Lewis Persiani Jr. of Salem, possessing heroin, driving after being declared habitual offender
- Duane Morton Poindexter of Roanoke, distributing heroin
- Marcus Delek Poindexter of Roanoke, two counts of distributing hydromorphone, subsequent
- Derik William Pruett of Hardy, distributing Schedule I/II drugs, conspiracy to distribute
- Patricia Kay Quackenbush of Roanoke, three counts of distributing heroin
- Gabrial Joseph Romeo of Roanoke, distributing Schedule I/II drugs
- Saprina F. Scott of Blue Ridge, possessing a firearm as a felon, grand larceny, petty larceny (third offense)
- Christopher Alan Sloan of Eagle Rock, grand larceny
- Michael Edward Spence of Troutville, possessing methamphetamine
- Jordan Scott Taylor of Troutville, unauthorized use
- Adam Sean Thomas of Bedford, two counts of grand larceny, two counts of intent to sell
- Donnie Ray Thorne of Vinton, distributing methamphetamine
- Courtney Lee Weddle of Roanoke, distributing methamphetamine
- Hannah Adams Wedge of Roanoke, two counts of distributing imitation Schedule I/II drugs
- Brandon Knowl Wheeler of Roanoke, distributing heroin, distributing methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute, distributing drug paraphernalia
- James William Whittaker of Roanoke, distributing hydrocodone, distributing Schedule I/II drugs, conspiracy to distribute
- Natalie Nicole Wilson of Roanoke, possessing methamphetamine
- Arthur Gus Zambounis of Roanoke, failure to appear
CERTIFIED
- Gary Dale Ayers of Troutville, driving after being declared habitual offender, subsequent
- Justin Alexander Barger of Roanoke, malicious wounding
- Ashley Suad Blackmon, also known as Richard Daniel St.Clair, of Eagle Rock, failure to register as a sex offender, subsequent
- Nathaniel Ray Bocock of Buchanan, possessing morphine, possessing methamphetamine
- Christopher Wayne Divers of Roanoke, driving after being declare habitual offender, eluding police
- Amanda Harris Dollman, also known as Amanda Sue Dollman, of Buchanan assault on an EMT
- Norman Lee Dudley of Buchanan, attempted first degree murder, shooting at an occupied dwelling
- Katy Robinson Fitzgerald of Vinton, eight counts of grand larceny
- Harold Alfred Giles Jr. of Troutville, possessing Schedule I/II drugs, subsequent
- Robert Cody Haney of Troutville, assault and battery, subsequent
- Addison Cory Howell of Roanoke, malicious wounding
- Sotirios Christos Karageorge of Roanoke, possessing Schedule I/II drugs
- Lewis William Lynch of Thaxton, driving under the influence, subsequent
- Tyler Nicolae Mann of Roanoke, possessing marijuana with intent to distribute
- Douglas James Monroe of Daphne, Ala., possessing Schedule II drugs
- Jackie Lewis Persiani Jr. of Salem, possession of drugs by a prisoner, perjury
- Alisha Brooke Smith of Roanoke, possession of a firearm by a felon
- Danielle Sheree Steele of Vinton, driving under the influence, third in 10 years
- Elizabeth Marie Woodson of Lexington, credit card theft
