Nine Charged in Maysville Multi-Million Dollar Drug Ring

In Banks County, nine people are behind bars charged with running what the sheriff’s office is calling quote, “an elaborate multi-million-dollar money laundering and drug-trafficking operation” in Maysville.

All nine have already been indicted on eight counts of violation the Georgia Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act.

According to a report on Access North Georgia, the alleged offenses involve the sale and distribution of prescription medication and money laundering in the north Georgia region.

Those arrested and indicted come from across the area – including Banks, Jackson, White, Stephens and Hall counties.

They are identified as * Alford Quinton Childs of Nicholson; John David Clark of Cleveland; Brian William Craig of Maysville; Maggie Jeanette Craig of Homer; Amanda Elaine Craig of Maysville; Anthony Shane Crumley of Maysville; Robert Joseph Fields of Lula; Justin David Hollis of Toccoa; and* Devon Caine Ledford of Commerce.

Bond for each was set at $20,000.

Sheriff’s officials suspect the ring has been operating in the area for several years, headed up by Brian William Craig of Maysville.

Craig currently is serving a 12-year sentence with the Georgia Department of Corrections for drug violations in Hall County, sheriff’s officials said.

Sheriff Carlton Speed said agents of the Appalachian Drug Task Force and deputies from our office conducted a search warrant at the home of Brian and Amanda Craig on Jan. 9 of this year.

Speed said several pieces of valuable evidence and proceeds of the crimes were seized at that time, which has had investigators to following a long and exhaustive paper trail.

According to Sheriff Speed since then, investigators have conducted multiple search warrants on doctor offices over the past several months and numerous people have been interviewed.