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The individuals named in the indictments are:

Joyce J. Adamy, a/k/a Joyce J. Kunkle, and d/b/a Phantasm, age 27, of Johnstown, PA.;


Jodey P. Bayle, d/b/a Pipe Emporium, d/b/a Sunrise Distribution, and d/b/a Pipesforyou.com, 48, of Erie, PA.;


Glen W. Beers, d/b/a G.W. Pipedreams, 29, of Clarion, PA.;


William A. Conover, d/b/a B&M Variety, 42, of Erie, PA.;


Christina A. Cummings, d/b/a Phantasm, 28, of Johnstown, PA.;


Michael Anthony Deblasio, d/b/a Heads-N-Threads, 24, of North Huntingdon, PA.;


Jason Robert Harris, d/b/a Jerome Baker Designs, Inc., d/b/a Ghettoweb, Inc., d/b/a Universal Glass, Inc., d/b/a Jeromebaker.com, d/b/a Ghettoweb.com, d/b/a Smokelab.com, and d/b/a Higher Source, 32, of Eugene, OR.;


Richard Kevin Jaussen, d/b/a Tela Ropa, Inc., 48, of Pittsburgh, PA.;


Ara Melkizian, d/b/a Omnilounge L.L.C., and d/b/a Omnilounge.com, 29, of North Hollywood, CA.


Saeed Mohtadi, d/b/a Jerome Baker Designs, Inc., d/b/a Ghettoweb, Inc., d/b/a Universal Glass, Inc., d/b/a Jeromebaker.com, d/b/a Ghettoweb.com, d/b/a Smokelab.com, and d/b/a Higher Source, 32, of Eugene, OR.;


John Matthew Patrick, d/b/a California Colorchangers, Inc., and d/b/a Colorchangingglass.com, 38, of Forestville, CA.;


Randolph Przekop, d/b/a Slacker, Inc., 36, of Pittsburgh, PA.;


Ahmad Rakine, d/b/a A&E Wholesalers, Inc., 20, of Pembroke Pines, FL.;


Eric M. Rodgers, d/b/a Stone Artworx, Inc., 32, of Phoenix, AZ.;


Edward Ian Rothschild, d/b/a Edward Rothschild Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a Rothschild Consulting, Inc., d/b/a Gothic Dungeon, d/b/a 420now.com, d/b/a 420smile.com, d/b/a Gothicdungeon.com, d/b/a Testingfree.com, and d/b/a Themallusa.com, 48, of Columbia, SC;


David V. Stone, d/b/a Stone Artworx, Inc., 38, of Phoenix, AZ.;


Mary Louise Stone, d/b/a Stone Artworx, Inc., 58, of Glendale, AZ.;


Ryan Vaughn Struble, d/b/a Headcase, and d/b/a Aheadcase.com, 30, of
Diamond Bar, CA;


Ryan Teurfs, d/b/a 101 North Glass, Inc., d/b/a The Glass House, and d/b/a 101north.net, 29, of Arcata, CA.;


Inez M. Thompson, d/b/a Pipe Emporium, d/b/a Sunrise Distribution, and d/b/a Pipesforyou.com, 48, of Erie, PA.;


Jason Vrbas, d/b/a 101 North Glass, Inc., d/b/a The Glass House, and d/b/a 101north.net, 29, of Arcata, CA.;


John Lee Walker, a/k/a John Lee Walker, Jr., d/b/a Headcase, and d/b/a Aheadcase.com, 35, of Riverside, CA.;


Gabriel Watson, d/b/a 101 North Glass, Inc., d/b/a The Glass House, and d/b/a 101north.net, 29, of Arcata, CA.;


Anthony Yanow, d/b/a Hot Comet Enterprises, d/b/a Puff Pipes, d/b/a Atmospheres Lifestyles of LA, and d/b/a Puffpipes.com, 31, of Los Angeles, CA;


Waleed A. Zahrieh, d/b/a Wicked Corp. and d/b/a Sands of Time, 37, of Los Gatos, CA.;


Nessar David Zahriya, d/b/a Wicked Corp. and d/b/a Sands of Time, 39, of San Mateo, CA.; and


Tracie Lynn Zimmerman, d/b/a Heads-N-Threads, 34, of North Huntingdon, PA.

National Distributors

Named in the indictments announced today are 17 individuals who operated 10 national distribution companies of drug paraphernalia.

The following persons operated six businesses based in California:


Melkizian operated Omnilounge L.L.C. which also did business over the internet as omnilounge.com.


Patrick was charged as the operator of California Colorchangers, which did business as colorchangingglass.com.


Teurfs, Vrbas and Watson operated another internet company named 101north.net, which also did business as 101 North Glass and The Glass House.


Yanow has been indicted for running puffpipes.com, which also did business as Hot Comet Enterprises and Atmospheres Lifestyles of L.A.


Struble and Walker were charged with operating aheadcase.com, also known as Headcase.


Zahriya and Zahrieh were indicted in conjunction with their operation of the Sands of Time and its successor business, Wicked Corporation.
The individuals who ran the four other national operations charged were:



Rothschild did business under all of the names listed above, and Gothic Dungeon in Columbia, SC;


Rakine operated A&E Wholesalers in Pembroke Pines, FL.;


C Stone, Stone and Rodgers ran Stone Artworx in Phoenix, AZ.; and


Harris and Mohtadi owned Jerome Baker Designs and the other companies in
Eugene, OR.

Regional Retail Shops

Ten individuals who sold drug paraphernalia in retail shops in the Western District of Pennsylvania also face charges of conspiracy, offering for sale, and selling drug paraphernalia. The defendants in Pennsylvania are:

Beers, G.W. Pipedreams, Clarion

Conover, B&M Variety, Erie

Jaussen, Tela Ropa, Pittsburgh

Thompson and Bayle, Pipe Emporium, Sunrise Distribution and pipesforyou.com, Erie

Zimmerman and Deblasio, Heads-N-Threads, North Huntingdon

Adamy and Cummings, Phantasm, Johnstown

Przekop, Slacker, Inc., Pittsburgh
OPERATION HEADHUNTER

The DEA resident office in Des Moines, Iowa, initiated an investigation into the sale and distribution of drug paraphernalia at headshops in Southern Iowa in January 2000. Federal search warrants executed at four such businesses in Iowa resulted in the seizure of more than $2 million in drug paraphernalia. The searches also implicated various national distributors, including four companies indicted today.

The investigation leading to the indictments in this case was led by the DEA, along with the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Secret Service, Polk County (Iowa) Sheriff's Office and the Des Moines (Iowa) Police Department.

The individuals named in the four indictments brought in the Southern District of Iowa, announced today, include:

Alan Bruce Clute, a/k/a Bruce Clute, and Lawrence Charles Bowman, d/b/a Smoky Mountain Trading Co, d/b/a Dream Factory Boutique and d/b/a Strange Daze Boutique, Detroit.


Jose Corona Zavala, Jr., Juan Luis Zavala and Clinton Lee Goodson, d/b/a The Other Side, d/b/a The Crush, d/b/a The Worx, d/b/a The Bomb, d/b/a Toys in the Attic and d/b/a Artistic Alchemy Manufacturing, Sacramento and North Hollywood, Calif.


Amanda Claire Ballard, a/k/a Amanda Claire Irwin, a/k/a Mandi Claire Ballard, a/k/a Mandi Claire Irwin and Allison Blakely Ballard, d/b/a Acme Distributing and Mfg., d/b/a Acme Distributing, d/b/a Smoke Stax and d/b/a A & M Gifts, Houston.


Catherine Nicole Adamson and Bruce Dean Ross d/b/a Grow Industries, d/b/a Zong Toy Company, d/b/a Zong Industries, d/b/a ZTC, d/b/a Seedless and d/b/a Seedless Clothing Company Shea Artis McComb, San Diego, Calif.