Crime & Safety
Almost 50 Indictments in Cobb Drug Ring Bust
The defendants allegedly used a Marietta tattoo parlor to distribute massive amounts of heroin and meth.

A Cobb County grand jury has indicted 46 people for their alleged roles in a large-scale drug distribution operation, the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office says.
The defendants, alleged members or associates of the Good Product Team gang, are accused of using Tattoos by Ho at 950 Cobb Parkway as a front to distribute meth, heroin, and other illegal substances between September 2013 and August 2014.
The defendants are Antoine Maurice Atkinson; Dennis Beams; James Cook; Samantha Cresswell; Adam Dehan; Corey Erwin; Ezzard Evans a/k/a E, a/k/a Red; Darione Farris; Matthew Green; Tommy Gresham; Zibiah Hammond; Krissy Harden; Eugene Harden; John Ho; Amy Holden; Marcus Holland; Russell Hucks; Charles James; Reginald Jones; Rachel Lopez; Derrick McDonald; Brandon McFarland a/k/a Geezy;Aurelius Madison; Dequentin Madison a/k/a Jizzle; Xavier Martin a/k/a Chad a/k/a Young Crook; Bernard Mathis; Erica Monson; Jonathan Norton; Lamar Odom a/k/a Moonie; Matthew Osburn; Samatha Pinada; Julius Rawls; Margaret Riceman; Stephen Ruel; Christopher Sanchez; Kenneth Sherman; William Simpson; Jason Singleton; Charles Smith; Brenyanna Stinner-Hailey; Brandon Truitt; Shannon Waddle; Johnathan Wirt; Billy Jo Works; Thomas Works, Sr.; and Thomas Works, Jr.
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The 46 defendants face a litany of charges including violating the RICO Act, violating the Street Gang Terrorism Act, and heroin and meth trafficking, the DA’s Office says.
No arraignment dates have yet been set.
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