Dayton Daily News

Daniel R. Gordon

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The Regional Agencies Narcotics and Gun Enforcemen­t (RANGE) Task Force operation included confidenti­al informants, undercover officers, wireless transmitte­rs and surveillan­ce, according to the complaint.

“Drug distributi­on resulting in death is a heinous crime that warrants decades of federal prison time,” Glassman said. “We are committed to bringing those prosecutio­ns.”

Taylor DeVaughn White honked the horn of his white Chevrolet Impala and motioned for two men in another car to follow him off Salem Avenue onto a side street.

White allegedly handed the men three gel caps of suspected fentanyl and a phone number. Eight more times from November 2016 until January 2017, White allegedly sold heroin and/ or fentanyl to the two men.

The men were both Dayton police officers — one a detective and the other a task force member for the Federal Bureau of Investigat­ion, according to a criminal affidavit filed in Dayton’s U.S. District Court.

White, 23, was indicted Thursday on 13 counts related to drug traffickin­g and weapons charges and the complaint said the 226 heroin capsules tested positive for fentanyl, according to the Miami Valley Regional Crime Lab.

has been indicted for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and for having three weapons as a previously convicted felon. Court documents show officers seized $7,357, two Glock pistols and a Taurus pistol.

Josue Amaya-Salazar

is being detained after task force members said they found $300,000 and her- oin in his car. A bill of informatio­n has been entered for one count of aiding and abetting attempted internatio­nal money laundering.

Manuel Jaime Hernandez Mendoza, the man accused of having 14 pounds of crystal methamphet­amine in his car, has a detention hearing scheduled for April 4 and a preliminar­y hearing set for April 13.

Yajaira Jimenez, Shawn Kaae and Victor Luna-Navarro

were indicted for traffickin­g more than 500 grams of cocaine.

Jesus Abrego-Cerna

was indicted for possession with intent to distribute heroin and being a previously removed alien.

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