10 people arrested on gun, drug charges after FBI searches in Clinton Park neighborhood: officials

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Officials said that 10 people are now in custody for various drug and gun charges following an FBI-led search in east Houston's Clinton Park neighborhood on Tuesday.

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According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, authorities arrested Damian Ray Broussard, 39, Corre Deandre Plater, 36, Stacy Lawton, 46, Quentin Mayes, 51, Johnnie Lee Chatmon, 51, Leroy Lumpkin, 55, Emanuel Walker, 30, and Anthony Means, 51, on Tuesday.

Officials said all of the suspects are charged in separate, but related, indictments returned in March, which were unsealed upon their initial appearances.

Authorities said that a ninth suspect, Ronald Maddox, 42, was previously arrested and remains in custody pending further criminal proceedings.

At the time of the arrests, law enforcement said they also took a tenth suspect into custody. Justin Leonard, 39, is charged in a separate, but similar criminal complaint, according to officials. He is in custody on related charges and is expected to appear in federal court in the near future, authorities added.

According to federal officials, the group is accused of trafficking fentanyl, crystal meth, cocaine, and counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs as well as firearms in Houston's Clinton Park neighborhood.

Investigators said that Walker and Leonard sold various amounts of cocaine, crystal meth, and approximately 3,000 pills containing meth. Leonard allegedly also sold a large amount of crack cocaine out of the Clinton Park residence, according to the charges.

Authorities said they discovered and seized over 30 firearms, cocaine, pills containing meth or fentanyl, crystal meth, prescription pills, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana and cash, among other things.

This comes after Houston's FBI branch led an investigation on Tuesday, which officials said was a part of Operation Spring Cleaning. Authorities said that the Houston Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and Texas Department of Public Safety assisted the FBI in the search.