GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A man from Atlanta was sentenced to serve more than 21 years in prison on Monday after filing a plea agreement for money laundering and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine in Johnson City.

According to a release from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the Eastern District of Tennessee, based in Greeneville, Spencer Allen Bradley, 33, was sentenced to 262 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release.

The release said that court documents presented throughout the case show that several agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Johnson City Police Department, initiated an investigation into a “drug trafficking organization” in July 2020. The investigation focused on reports of organized distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine in Northeast Tennessee.

The investigation found that Bradley, along with several other individuals, was involved in the operation.

“Rachel Bowers and Spencer Bradley, who lived together, were digitally transferring large amounts of money into and from shared financial accounts to pay for and receive money from the drug sales, with suspicious transactions totaling $403,455,” the release from the DOJ states. “Spencer Bradley and Hunter Bowers used a business to launder the illegal monies received in the distribution of narcotics.”

According to the release, the investigation also revealed that Bradley and Shannon Bryant used a residence of James Williams as the base of their trafficking operation.

“Bradley and Bryant would bring or have brought into the Johnson City area large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine,” the release states. “Using cooperators and confidential informants, law enforcement made several controlled purchases of narcotics from Spencer Bradley, his brother Camara Bradley, and James Williams.”

Additionally, the release said the FBI, by way of wiretapping Bradley’s cellphone, identified several additional suspects “who worked for [Bradley] in the distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine.”

The release said in September 2023, one of Bradley’s cohorts was stopped by police in Loudon County, Tennessee, and found to have been in possession of four pounds of meth.

Individuals who were involved in the drug trafficking organization and were previously convicted and sentenced are as follows, according to the release:

• Montdail Brown received a sentence of 228 months imprisonment for his involvement in the drug conspiracy, as well as his possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A).
• Shannon Bryant received a sentence of 170 months imprisonment for his involvement in the drug conspiracy.
• Gabrielle Greenlee received a sentence of 60 months for her involvement in the drug conspiracy.
• Camara Bradley received a sentence of 60 months imprisonment for her involvement in the drug conspiracy.
• Rachel Bowers received a sentence of 36 months imprisonment for her involvement in the drug conspiracy and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
• Timothy Malone received a sentence of 168 months imprisonment for his involvement in the drug conspiracy.
• Thomas Dennis, Jr., received a sentence of 167 months imprisonment for his involvement in the drug conspiracy.
• Dustin Wells received a sentence of 66 months imprisonment for his involvement in the drug conspiracy.
• James Williams received a sentence of 80 months imprisonment for his involvement in the drug conspiracy.
• Rashad Harrington received a sentence of 78 months term of imprisonment for his involvement in the drug conspiracy.      

“This case is part of the Take Back America Task Force, led by Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with support from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,” the release states. “Operation Take Back America is a nationwide federal initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.”