Investigators later identified co-defendant Benjamin Christopher Reyes, of Dallas, Texas, as Helton and Depetris’s source of supply.
On August 28, 2019, task force investigators executed a search warrant at Helton’s residence, where they located co-defendant Kennen Depetris and seized 1.568 kilograms of pure methamphetamine, $12,000 cash four handguns 3.8 ounces of GHB, digital scales and assorted baggies for drug packaging, fake driver’s licenses and a quantity of suspected heroin. Officers were able to identify co-defendants Jeremy Wayne Helton, a resident of McKinney, as Buford’s source of supply. On August 22, 2019, a deputy with the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by Buford and a search of the vehicle revealed 242.74 grams of pure methamphetamine and 13.1 grams of suspected black tar heroin. Mazzant, III.Īccording to information presented in court, in the summer of 2019, Grayson County law enforcement agencies began investigating reports that a drug trafficking group operating in the area was receiving narcotics from a supplier in McKinney, Texas. SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - A Sherman, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.Īnthony Wade Buford, 35, pleaded guilty on June 9, 2020, to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison Tuesday by U.S.