Multi-Agency Operation - “Paris on Ice” - Leads to Multiple Federal and State Indictments for Trafficking Methamphetamine in West Tennessee

Jackson, TN – Nineteen people have been indicted and are facing state and federal charges for their involvement in an organized drug trafficking scheme in West Tennessee. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, and Neil Thompson, District Attorney General for the 24th District, announced the unsealing of the indictments today. The charges are the culmination of a two-year long investigation and takedown by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Henry County Sheriff’s Department, Huntingdon Police Department, Carroll County Sheriff’s Department, Henderson County Sheriff’s Department, Madison County Sheriff’s Department, and the 24th Judicial District Drug Task Force. According to court documents, between May 2024 and February 2026, the defendants conspired, coordinated, and worked together and with others to distribute methamphetamine throughout West Tennessee. On March 16, 2026, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging seven individuals with Conspiracy to Distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine. Those individuals named in the federal indictment are: Ryan Shonte Sims, 35 - of Nashville, TN Katherine Foust, 37 - of Paris, TN Darryl Barnes, 60 - of Henry, TN Stacie Shoffner, 58 - of Henry, TN Marcus McClennan, 43 - of Clarksville, TN Jessica Hilliard, 38, of Paris, TN Jason Hedges, 54 - of Jackson, TN On March 2, 2026, a Henry County Grand Jury returned indictments charging 12 additional individuals with various state violations. Those individuals charged are: Mark William Davis, 43, of Waverly, TN - Criminal Responsibility for the Sale of Methamphetamine Michael Lamont Wilson, 51, of Paris, TN - Criminal Responsibility for the Sale of Methamphetamine George E. Easley, 41, of Henry, TN - Conspiracy to Sell Methamphetamine Jerry Lynn Clark, 68, of Paris, TN - Sale of Methamphetamine Brianna V. Holder, 32, of Paris, TN - Conspiracy to Sell Methamphetamine Timothy L. Vandyke, 40, of Paris, TN - Conspiracy to Sell Methamphetamine Mandy L. Shriner, 50, of Paris, TN - Conspiracy to Sell Methamphetamine Johnnie May Lee, 67, of Paris, TN - Sale of Methamphetamine Amanda K. Seward, 47, of McKenzie, TN - Conspiracy to Sell Methamphetamine Jenia D. Singleton, 36, of Buchanan, TN - Conspiracy to Sell Methamphetamine Mark D. Noah, 58, of Huntingdon, TN - Conspiracy to Sell Methamphetamine Anthony Dakota Walker, 26, of Big Sandy, TN - Sale of Methamphetamine