CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A Cincinnati woman convicted of leading an operation that distributed meth from Mexico throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Stacey Howell pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy and drug trafficking.
U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman said Howell and her husband, Thomas "Michalo" Wilson would get the high-grade meth from Mexico. Wilson was an associate of the Mexican mafia. Howell arranged for the meth to be delivered from Mexico to Texas, Georgia and other locations.
She, Wilson or another member of the organization would pick up the drugs and bring them back to the Tri-State to sell.
She paid other members of the organization in cash, prepaid credit cards, trading memorabilia or vehicles.
A total of 16 members of the organization were indicted in 2015. Eight of them have been sentenced. Law enforcement officers believe the organization had been operating since 2012.
Wilson was sentenced to 20 years in prison last month. A third leader of the organization, Norman Kuhbander was sentenced to 15 years. Kuhbander, who also went by "Flacco" and "Stormin' Norman" also forfeited ten guns, compound bows, a Kevlar vest and ammunition.
