Fifteen KC-area residents indicted for drug trafficking, gun crimes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A federal grand jury indicts 15 people from the Kansas City area for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute drugs and illegally possessing firearms.

The indictment accused each of the following defendants of taking part in a conspiracy to distribute at least one kilogram of PCP in Jackson County over a nearly two-year period that began Oct. 15, 2021.

Kansas City, Missouri, residents indicted:

Russell L. Spencer II, 44, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
Ra’Shaan R. Wilson, a.k.a “Rah Rah,” 28, of Belton, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
Charles N. Hill, a.k.a Chuck Wagon, 42, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
Kessa R. Gines, 45, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
Charles J. Wiley, 44, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
Raven Hicks, 44, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
Chaitez A. Sexton, a.k.a. Choddy, 47, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
- Possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute
- Possessing a firearm while committing a drug-trafficking crime
- Being a felon in possession of a firearm (has prior federal felony convictions)
Bobby Graves III, 43, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
- Possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute
- Possessing a firearm while committing a drug-trafficking crime
- Being a felon in possession of a firearm (has prior federal felony convictions)
Robert E. Ridley, 46, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
Raymond D. Stewart, 31, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
- Possessing a firearm to further a drug-trafficking crime
Jabari M. Craddock, 28, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
- Possessing a firearm to further a drug-trafficking crime
Aaron J. Schultz, a.k.a. “Tink,” 45, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
Austin W. Smith, 57, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
Jimmy L. Abron, 41, Kansas City, Mo.
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
Dorothea L. Cain, a.k.a Dea, 52, of Kansas City, Mo.,
- Indicted on conspiracy to distribute PCP
- PCP possession with intent to distribute
- Possessing a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime
- Being a felon in possession of a firearm

The federal indictment also includes an allegation, which would require the defendants to forfeit a residential property, two vehicles, and money as a result of their participation in the drug-trafficking conspiracy, if convicted.