Donte and Audrey Gibson worked with at least seven other people to hide the drugs and deal them in and around Akron and Lorain, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday. They also used drug proceeds to bankroll the purchase of high-end clothes and accessories, and laundered hundreds of
Donte Gibson's daughter Dontaysha Gibson, her boyfriend Derrick Adams, Lisa Richardson, Audrey Gibson's mother Lori Martin, Ajarae Hisle, Jamar Jackson and Garrett Frantz are all named in the 17-count indictment. The defendants face various drug, money laundering and weapons charges.
Carlos Warner, the federal public defender representing Gibson, said he had not yet read the indictment and looks forward to reviewing discovery in the case. An attorney for Audrey Gibson did not immediately return a phone call.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says Donte Gibson, 39, and Audrey Gibson, 34, bought the synthetic opioids on the dark web and had them shipped to places around Akron and Canton. Richardson opened post office boxes throughout Northeast Ohio and had others do the same. Audrey Gibson kept all of the post o
way they did this was through bank accounts opened for companies set up in their names. Among them was a company Audrey Gibson set up called Pound Cake Entertainment LLC, which had a websitefeaturing scantily clad photos of herthat sold clothing and "one of a kind items," the indictment states. I
