15 Cleveland gang members indicted on drug, firearm charges by the United States Attorney’s Office

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The United States Attorney’s Office announced Friday morning an indictment against 15 gang members has been unsealed.

A release from the office says 15 members of the Fully Blooded Felons have been charged for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy, involving importing and distributing fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and buprenorphine and the illegal possession of firearms.

Three defendants have been in federal custody since December 2023, and authorities have arrested several newly charged felons, officials say.

“This organization is charged not only with peddling such poisons in Cleveland’s Cedar Estates neighborhood, but also with actively plotting to recruit persons to infiltrate the Ohio prison system to distribute drugs there so gang members could reap the profits,” said United States Attorney Rebecca C. Lutzko.

The following defendants are charged in the 33-count superseding indictment:

• Raven Mullins, aka Dunny, aka Dun, 34, Cleveland, Ohio
• Henry Burchett, aka Noodles, aka Noo, 39, Cleveland, Ohio
• Cortez Tyree, aka Seed, 34, Cleveland, Ohio
• Rodney Linson, aka Scrap, 37, Willoughby Hills, Ohio
• Elijah Johnson, aka Loon, 36, Unknown
• Demarcus Elliott, aka Moo, 37, Westlake, Ohio
• Dontez Hammond, aka Donny, 35, Cleveland, Ohio
• Jeffrey Lee, aka Fatty, 23, Cleveland, Ohio
• Jerrell Jones-Ferrell, aka Ruga, 25, Cleveland, Ohio
• Jerry Mullins, aka B. Money, 32, Cleveland, Ohio
• Devonte Johnson, aka D Nut, aka Nut, 31, Cleveland, Ohio
• Jerome Williams, aka Jay, 29, Cleveland, Ohio
• Christepher Horton, aka Cam, aka Killa, 40, Erie, Pennsylvania
• Deeundra Perkins, aka Drizzy, 32, Unknown
• Deon Blackwell, aka White Boy, 37, Cleveland, Ohio

Officials say the defendants were all charged in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. Six defendants were charged with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances offenses, five defendants were charged with illegal possession of firearms, and five defendants were charged with possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes.

The release says one defendant was charged with interstate travel in aid of racketeering, and 11 defendants were charged with using a communications facility to facilitate a felony drug offense.

Court documents allege that between as early as January 2022, and continuing through April 2, 2024, the defendants did knowingly and intentionally conspire with each other to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute mixtures and substances containing fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance, cocaine base (“crack”), a Schedule II controlled substance, and buprenorphine, a Schedule III controlled substance.

Court documents also allege the drug trafficking ring extended to inside Ohio state prisons and federal detention centers.

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