LEXINGTON — A federal grand jury has indicted six people on charges alleging a wide-ranging methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking operation that stretched across multiple Central and Eastern Kentucky counties and involved repeated drug sales, firearms, and plans to forfeit cash, vehicles and real estate tied to the alleged crimes.
The indictment, returned Dec. 18 in U.S. District Court in Lexington, accuses Jeremiah S. Hix, Bobby Osborne, Devan N. Willoughby, Tonya Lynch, Elizabeth Harrison and Cornelius Vargas of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl between at least August 2024 and February 2025, according to court records. All six face felony charges, and arrest warrants were issued the same day the indictment was filed.
Prosecutors allege the group worked together to sell measurable amounts of methamphetamine — including multiple transactions involving five grams or more — as well as fentanyl, a synthetic opioid blamed for a surge in overdose deaths across Kentucky. The conspiracy is alleged to have operated in Bourbon, Clark, Estill, Madison and Montgomery counties, among other locations…