Jacksonville, FL – 5 members of a Jacksonville-based drug trafficking group have pleaded responsible to conspiring to distribute massive portions of fentanyl and methamphetamine, federal prosecutors introduced.
Aaron Jarvis McGhee, 39, of Sumterville, together with Jacksonville residents Shikita Lashelle James, 38, Johnny Angelo Pack, 50, Natra Antonio Jones, 33, and Bobby Warren Harvey Jr., 28, admitted to roles in a multi-kilogram distribution conspiracy. Every faces a compulsory minimal sentence of 10 years in federal jail. Sentencing hearings for McGhee, James, Pack, and Harvey are scheduled for Dec. 11, 2025. A sentencing date for Jones has not been set.
In keeping with court docket data, the group operated between 2022 and 2023, buying fentanyl and methamphetamine from Mexican suppliers and transporting the medicine by means of Houston, Texas, to Jacksonville. From jail, McGhee used a contraband cellphone to coordinate shipments. Pack retrieved the medicine in Texas and introduced them to Florida, the place James saved and distributed them to street-level sellers. Jones and Harvey acted as couriers, shifting each narcotics and money proceeds.
Investigators say the operation relied closely on industrial flights between Jacksonville and Houston. In April 2023, DEA brokers intercepted Jones and Harvey at Jacksonville Worldwide Airport and recovered greater than $770,000 in money and roughly 5 kilograms of fentanyl from their checked baggage.
Weeks later, in Might 2023, brokers executed search warrants at two houses linked to James. Authorities reported seizing almost $853,000 in money, over 11 kilograms of fentanyl, almost 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, one kilogram of heroin, and 9 loaded firearms.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace. It’s being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kirwinn Mike and Elisibeth Adams.
