GREENEVILLE—Billy Webb, 77, Gary Eugene Teague, 45, Emily Suzanne Sexton, 26, Timothy Jay Gilbert, 50, Christopher Lynn Suggs, 52, Tammie Brown Suggs, 43, and Ella Mae Gregg, 63, all of Newport, Tennessee, and Regina Faye Webb, 36, of Cosby, Tennessee, were all arrested on Feb. 6, 2013, after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges involving drug trafficking, specifically involving oxycodone.

Ralph Edward Teague, 81, and Clayton Carroll Owenby, 45, both of Newport, Tennessee, were also named in the indictment and were already in custody on other charges. 

Gary Teague, Emily Sexton, Regina Webb, Christopher Suggs, Tammie Suggs, and Ella Mae Gregg each made their initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Inman on Feb. 6, 2013, and were temporarily detained pending detention hearings scheduled for Feb. 7, 2013.

Ralph Teague, Billy Webb, and Timothy Gilbert are scheduled for initial appearance on Feb. 7, 2013.  Clayton Owenby is scheduled for an initial appearance on Feb. 20, 2013.    

For more details, please see the Thursday edition of the Newport Plain Talk.