Five Walton County residents face drug trafficking charges
PENSACOLA, Fla – A federal grand jury returned an indictment, charging five defendants with federal drug trafficking offenses.
The defendants are:
• Kadeem Ingram, 29, DeFuniak Springs, Florida;
• Kenneth Ingram, 59, DeFuniak Springs, Florida;
• Terrell Burdette, 63, DeFuniak Springs, Florida;
• Sidney McGhee, 30, DeFuniak Springs, Florida; and
• Francis Muldowney, 59, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
The indictment and arrests resulted from an ongoing Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation, which targeted a drug trafficking organization alleged to be responsible for the distribution of cocaine and cocaine base throughout the northcentral panhandle of Florida since the beginning of 2019.
The charged defendants face penalties ranging up to 40 years' imprisonment and fines up to $10,000,000.
The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration's Panama City Resident Office, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the Lynn Haven Police Department, the Panama City Police Department, and the Panama City Beach Police Department. It is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.
More information about this case can be found at www.flnd.uscourts.gov.