6 Oakland Men Indicted On Federal Charges

OAKLAND, CA — A federal grand jury has indicted six Oakland residents for various drug related crimes, acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse announced Thursday.

Timothy Crawford, 55, Alan Johnson, 40, Ridell Lambert, 30, Wilmon Ingram, 40, Karlos Ely, 52 and Keith Woodson, 34, were all indicted on crimes related to distribution of cocaine or a cocaine base in the area of 85th Avenue and International Boulevard in East Oakland between February of 2017 and April of 2018, prosecutors said.

Two of the defendants, Crawford and Lambert, were also indicted for being felons in possession of firearms.

The defendants were charged in separate indictments as part of a larger crackdown against narcotics distributors in the area, prosecutors said.

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