Indiana Department of Transportation contractor Milestone Contractors, LP plans to reduce the U.S. 50 WB to one lane between Holiday Square Drive and Agrico Lane in Seymour starting Friday morning (Sept. 10) while crews install a 16-foot by six-foot box structure under the roadway.

The structure will be installed in two phases. The south half will be placed this coming weekend (Sept. 10-12) and the north half the following weekend (Sept. 17-19), weather permitting. Westbound traffic will resume its normal configuration (two lanes) each Monday once work is complete. Two eastbound lanes will remain open.

Drivers should use extra caution in the area while lanes are restricted. Westbound lanes of U.S. 50 will merge to a single lane near Azul Tequila and also split so the left-turn lane can be utilized at Myers Lane.

To turn left, drivers should use the left lane, and use the right lane to continue west on U.S. 50. Two thru lanes will become available near Wal-Mart (Agrico Lane).

Changeable message boards will be placed on I-65 showing S.R. 11 as an alternate route.

The surface lift of asphalt will be placed toward the end of the project, along with final pavement markings by the end of October this year.

Motorists are reminded to slow down, use extra caution and drive distraction-free through all work zones. All work is weather dependent and schedules are subject to change.

A drug trafficking ring consisting of at least 24 people has been sentenced in federal court.

The organization operated in and around the historic Haughville neighborhood in Indianapolis from April 2018 to January 2019. A federal grand jury in Evansville indicted the members of this organization in January of 2019.

According to court documents, from April 2018 and continuing through January 2019, twenty- four members of a drug trafficking ring would sell large quantities of illegal substances in and around the near westside of Indianapolis.

Jfshaun Trice and Terrence Stum directed the illegal activities of the methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine-trafficking organization.

The other members of the organization would assist Trice or Stum by distributing the drugs, purchasing drugs for redistribution, prepare the drugs for distribution, transport the drugs for distribution, and conceal the drugs on other members’ behalf.

“This investigation is a great example of law enforcement working together to address citizens’ concerns about narcotics trafficking in their neighborhoods,” said Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Childress. “Using combined resources to attack these criminal organizations works and I want to thank our federal, state, and local partners for their help in dismantling this high-level narcotics organization within Indianapolis.”

Below are the individuals who were indicted, prosecuted, and sentenced to federal prison.

• Jshaun Trice – sentenced to 210 months and 5 years supervised release
• Terrence Stum – sentenced to 262 months and 5 years supervised release
• Demetrick Holder – sentenced to 72 months and 3 years supervised release
• Gerald Hoskins – sentenced to 36 months and 3 years supervised release
• Darryl Allen – sentenced to 240 months and 5 years supervised release
• Eric Bard – sentenced to 262 months and 5 years supervised release
• Dustin Manuel – sentenced to 96 months and 5 years supervised release
• Kelvin Washington – sentenced to 60 months and 4 years supervised release
• Devin Jones – sentenced to 30 months and 3 years supervised release
• Adrian Myles – sentenced to 60 months and 5 years supervised release
• Christopher Hill – sentenced to 120 months and 5 years supervised release
• Robert Hadley – sentenced to 72 months and 4 years supervised release
• Danny Jenkins – sentenced to 118 months and 4 years supervised release
• Antonio McClure – sentenced to 160 months and 5 years supervised release
• James Gibson – sentenced to 124 months and 5 years supervised release
• Carlo Payne – sentenced to 160 months and 5 years supervised release
• Thomas Acord – sentenced to 108 months and 3 years supervised release
• Alton Brown Sr. – sentenced to 121 months and 5 years supervised release
• Steven Savage – sentenced to time served and 4 years supervised release
• Derrick O’Connor – sentenced to 60 months and 3 years supervised release
• Melissa Kidwell – sentenced to time served and 4 years supervised release
• Jacqueline Huffman – sentenced to 60 months and 4 years supervised release
• Jacob Jones – sentenced to 140 months and 5 years supervised release
• Allen Brown – sentenced to time served and 4 years supervised release

Multiple law enforcement agencies contributed to the prosecution of this case including the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Indiana State Police, and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Peter A. Blackett and Michelle P. Brady prosecuted this case for the government.

This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.