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(Cleveland) A federal indictment released today by the U. S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio names eleven people in an international drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy right here in Northeast Ohio. All of those named in the indictment are now in custody. Some of them here and others in custody elsewhere, including Italy. Rebecca Lutzko, U. S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio says the operation originated with 43-year-old Brian Lumbus Jr, who conducted business while behind bars in the state penitentiary in Youngstown. She says Lumbus Jr. would order fentanyl and other drugs deemed stronger and more dangerous than fentanyl from his connection in Italy, 51-year-old Giancarlo Miserotti. Miseratti would then order the drugs from other countries and have them shipped here, where they would be sorted, cut, repackaged, and distributed throughout northeast Ohio and a number of surrounding states, including Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Those indicted along with Lumbus Jr. and Miseratti are 22-year-old Brianna Lumbus of Cleveland, 25-year-old Kayla Goudlock of North Royalton, 38-year-old Jennifer Robinson of Tennessee, 40-year-old Latasha Harris of Toledo, 37-year-old Dominique Hammond of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 56-year-old Wanda Ward of Tennessee, 42-year-old Marchello Lumbus of Cleveland, 28-year-old Jessica Cochran of Lorain, and 23-year-old Braisia Lumbus of Cleveland.
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