Task Forces

A list of Appalachia HIDTA Task Forces

KENTUCKY

Appalachia Narcotics Investigations

Sgt. Jeremy Lee

Pineville, KY

 

Appalachia Parcel Interdiction 

Sgt. Brandon Lincoln

Louisville, KY

 

Bowling Green/Warren County Task Force

Tommy Loving, Director

Bowling Green, KY

 

Central Kentucky Interdiction Team

Sgt. Jesse Owens

London, KY

 

Columbia Area Task Force

Sgt. Kevin Hunt

Columbia, KY

 

DEA London Task Force

Frank Hicks, RAC

London, KY

 

DEA Louisville Task Force

Acting GS Brian Bester

Louisville, KY

 

Diversion Enforcement Task Force

Tim Mullins, Task Force Commander

London, KY

 

FBI HEAT Drug Task Force

SA Randy Copley

Pikeville, KY

 

Gateway Area Drug Task Force

Kalan Perdue

Mount Sterling, KY

 

Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force

Ron Eckart, Director

Elizabethtown, KY

 

Kentucky Eradication Task Force

Lt. Jimmy Young

Lexington, KY

 

Laurel County Drug Interdiction Team

Cpt. Richard Dalrymple

London, KY

 

Louisville Metro Narcotics Task Force

SSA Kimberly Milka

Louisville, KY

 

Madison County Drug Task Force

Sgt. Tye Chavies

Richmond, KY

 

Northeast Kentucky Drug Task Force

Detective Ryan McDavid

Ashland, KY

 

Owensboro-Daviess County Drug Task Force

Special Agent Mike Brown

Owensboro, KY

 

South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force

Jacky Hunt, Director

Russellville, KY

 

Southeastern KY FBI Drug Task Force

SSRA Grant Blevins

London, KY

 

West Kentucky Interdiction Team

Sgt. Randy Chambers

Bowling Green, KY

 

TENNESSEE

7th Drug and Violent Crime Task Force

Sgt. Brian Yook

Clinton, TN

 

DEA Middle Tennessee Drug and Violent Crime Task Force

GS Rick Lohse

Nashville, TN

 

DEA Rocky Top Task Force

James Blanton, Task Force Commander

Knoxville, TN

 

DEA South TN Task Force

GS Derek Brown

Chattanooga, TN

 

DEA Upper East Tennessee Task Force

SA Todd Brewer

Johnson City, TN

 

Domestic Highway Enforcement Interdiction Plus

Ryan Fletcher, Task Force Commander

Knoxville, TN

 

Drug-Related Death Task Force

Sgt. Phil Major

Knoxville, TN

 

FBI Rocky Top Task Force

John Anderson, Task Force Commander

Knoxville, TN

 

Middle Tennessee Drug Related Death Task Force

ASAC - TBI Dennis Mabry

Nashville, TN

 

Sullivan County Drug-Related Death Task Force

ASAC - TBI Chuck Kimbril

Blountville, TN

 

TBI Middle TN Task Force/TN Erad

Danny Espinosa, Task Force Commander

Algood, TN

 

VIRGINIA

29th Circuit Narcotics Task Force

Anthony Skeens, SA

Grundy, VA

 

Claytor Lake Regional Drug Task Force

Michael Carter, SA

Wytheville, VA

 

Southwest Virginia Regional Drug Task Force

Chris Gilley, SSA

Big Stone Gap, VA

 

Tazewell County Drug Task Force

Marcus McClanahan, Acting Task Force Commander

Cedar Bluff, VA 

 

Twin County Narcotics Task Force

Chad Brown, SA

Galax, VA 

 

WEST VIRGINIA

Appalachian Criminal Enforcement

Lt. Ryan Higginbotham

Charleston, WV

 

Beckley-Raleigh County Drug and Violent Crime Unit

Sgt. Robert Richards

Beckley, WV 

 

Central Regional Drug Task Force

Sgt. Ryan Jackson

Fayetteville, WV

 

Greater Harrison County Drug Task Force

Lt. Brian K. Purkey

Bridgeport, WV 

 

Hancock – Brooke – Weirton Drug & Violent Crime Task Force

Michael White, Task Force Commander

Weirton, WV

 

Huntington Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force

Sgt. Stephen Maniskas

Huntington, WV 

 

Marshall County Drug Task Force

Cpl. Randy Volger

Moundsville, WV

 

Metro Drug Enforcement Network Team

Sgt. Jason Webb

Charleston, WV

 

Mon-Metro Drug Task Force

Kyle Sappington, Task Force Commander

Dellslow, WV 

 

Ohio Valley Drug Task Force

Commander Jason Kocher

Wheeling, WV 

 

Parkersburg Violent Crime and Drug Task Force

Sgt. Chris Blevins

Parkersburg, WV

 

Southern Regional Drug Task Force

Lee Price

Bluefield, WV

 

US 119 Task Force

Sgt. Charles Kuhn

Logan, WV

 

Violent Crimes Drug Task Force West

Sgt. Joey Lucas

Milton, WV

 

WV DEA Drug Task Force

GS Lance Lehnhoff

Charleston, WV

 

WV Eradication & Fentanyl Task Force

Sgt. Jason Crane

South Charleston, WV