HUNTSVILLE – The North Alabama Drug Task Force, hosted by the Huntsville Police Department, recently dismantled a large-scale drug trafficking organization in the first investigation conducted under Alabama’s newly enacted Agent Billy Clardy III Act.
This landmark operation resulted in 23 indictments, the seizure of $4.8 million in illegal drugs, the recovery of $223,385 in U.S. currency, 10 firearms and four vehicles tied to the trafficking network.
The Agent Billy Clardy III Act, sponsored by State Rep. Rex Reynolds and signed into law in 2023, provides law enforcement with enhanced investigative tools to disrupt drug trafficking organizations.
The law honors fallen HPD STAC Agent Billy Clardy III, who was killed in the line of duty in 2019 while serving a narcotics search warrant.
“Thanks to the work of this task force, we’ve dealt a major blow to criminal networks operating in our community,” HPD Chief Kirk Giles said. “This law honors Billy and gives law enforcement the tools to continue his mission.”
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Hal Taylor called the coordinated effort a powerful example of what can be achieved when law enforcement at every level works together with the right tools.
“The Billy Clardy III Act honors the sacrifice of Agent Clardy by ensuring we have the capabilities and legal oversight needed to remove dangerous criminals from our streets,” Taylor said. “Through this operation, we not only upheld his legacy but successfully disrupted a large-scale drug trafficking organization that posed a serious threat to Alabama communities.”
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall highlighted the precedent set by the case, stating the Agent Billy Clardy III Act is working exactly as intended.
“Agent Clardy gave his life fighting to keep deadly drugs off our streets. This law honors his sacrifice by giving law enforcement the tools they need to take down the worst of the worst,” Marshall said. “These are the people who poison our communities and profit from addiction and violence.
“These arrests send a clear message: Alabama is not a safe place for drug traffickers, and we will hunt you down wherever you operate.”
The NADTF is a multi-agency partnership that includes HPD, the Madison Police Department, Madison County Sheriff’s Office and ALEA.
“We will arm our law enforcement agencies with every tool they need to crush the flow of narcotic trafficking into our communities,” Madison County Sheriff Kevin Turner said. “Drug traffickers don’t respect county or city lines, and neither do we. The North Alabama Drug Task Force is the united front of local, state, and federal forces, striking from every angle to drive illicit drugs off our streets and protect our citizens.”
Arrested were:
- Reginald Eugene Scott, 46, of Huntsville
Trafficking Cocaine and Trafficking Marijuana - Fabian Darrell Scott, 48, of Huntsville
Trafficking Cocaine - Devin Emmett Farrell, 37, of Texas
Trafficking Cocaine and Trafficking Marijuana - Kevin Andre Glenn, 48, of Birmingham
Trafficking Cocaine and Trafficking Marijuana - Charnessa Lavern Campbell, 47, of Birmingham
Trafficking Cocaine and Trafficking Marijuana - Bryan Saldana, 27, of California
Trafficking Marijuana - Juan Alfanso Arredondo, 48, of California
Trafficking Marijuana - Ayline Scarlett Largher, 27, of California
Trafficking Marijuana - Gregory Lavar Hampton, 48, of Huntsville
Trafficking Cocaine - Keyon Nelson Burditte, 29, of California
Trafficking Marijuana - Bniam Wolde Abera, 29, of California
Trafficking Marijuana - Femark Dewayne Robinson, 53, of Birmingham
Trafficking Cocaine
Trafficking Fentanyl
Trafficking Opiates
Trafficking MDMA - Demetrius Laron King Jr, 22, of Huntsville
Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime-Possession with Intent - Marcus Antoine Hammonds, 42, of Huntsville
Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime-Possession - Roderick Terrence Dennis, 42, of Huntsville
Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime-Possession with Intent
Possession with Intent to Distribute-Cocaine
Possession of a Controlled Substance-Opiates - Regis Dewon Bell, 41, of Huntsville
Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime-Possession - Twayne Logan, 42, of Huntsville
Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime-Possession
Possession of Marijuana 1st
Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance-MDMA
Possession of a Controlled Substance-Cocaine
Attempt to Flee/Elude a Police Officer - Jimmy Lee Chandler, 48, of Huntsville
Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime- Possession with Intent
Possession with Intent to Distribute-Cocaine - Bruce Lee Thompson, 47, of Huntsville
Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime-Possession - Jonathan Henry Ford Jr., 66, of Huntsville
Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime-Distribution - Bryan Andrew Tripp, 46, of Huntsville
Possession with Intent to Distribute-Cocaine
Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime-Possession - Apryl Jesica Tripp, 48, of Huntsville
Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime-Possession - Tammy Lynn Stump alias Tammy Salandy, 53, of Huntsville
Active warrant for Conspiracy to Commit a Controlled Substance Crime-Distribution
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