MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)), published as received.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that eleven co-defendants pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy and related charges arising from a Homeland Security Task Force Investigation.

On June 1, 2026, JERRY LEE GRIST, age 66, of Atoka, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of Drug Conspiracy, punishable by ten years to life in prison and a $10,000,000 fine.

The following defendants previously entered guilty pleas to one Count of Drug Conspiracy, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000,000 fine:

  • MEAGON RASHEL BOX, age 39, of Atoka, Oklahoma;
  • LESLIE GALE BELLETTINI, age 67, of Coalgate, Oklahoma;
  • SHAWNDA LA DAWN RUSSELL, age 56, of Ada, Oklahoma;
  • DEAN DEWAYNE HENSLEE, age 52, of Idabel, Oklahoma;
  • ANGIE EULALIA NUNEZ a/k/a Angie Farrell, age 51, of Durant, Oklahoma;
  • RAYMOND ERWIN WELCH, age 58, of Dallas, Texas; and
  • WILLA MARGARETTE WEAR, age 47, of Atoka, Oklahoma.

The following defendants previously entered guilty pleas on related charges:

  • GLENN ROGER HYDE, age 65, of Ada, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, punishable by a period of up to 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine;
  • DAVID GEORGE NUNEZ, age 56, of Durant, Oklahoma pleaded guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine;
  • TOMMY BLAKE McCARY, age 74, of Wright City, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to one count of Felon in Possession of Firearm, punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

According to investigators, beginning in or about June 2024 and continuing until on or about October 15, 2025, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere, the defendants willfully and knowingly combined, conspired, confederated, and agreed together, and with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to commit offenses against the United States, namely the possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of 550 or more grams of methamphetamine.

The charges arose from a joint investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, the Quapaw Nation Marshals, the Miami, Oklahoma Police Department, the Wyandotte Nation Police Department, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the LeFlore County Sheriff’s Department, the Atoka County Sheriff’s Department, the McCurtain County Sheriff’s Department, the Oklahoma District 16 Drug Task Force, the Oklahoma District 18 Drug Task Force, the Oklahoma District 22 Drug Task Force, the Durant Police Department, the Internal Revenue Service—Criminal Investigations Division, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

These prosecutions are part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion.  The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad.  Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders.  In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children.  The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States.  HSTF Oklahoma City comprises agents and officers from the FBI, HSI, DEA, ATF, USMS, IRS, Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Oklahoma City Police Department, with the prosecution being led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Assistant United States Attorneys Ryan Conway, Jordan Howanitz, and Olivia Staubus are prosecuting this case on behalf of the United States.