Bradenton, Florida Meth Dealers Go DOWN!

Seven Bradenton residents have been indicted for running a methamphetamine trafficking organization. MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. – A 17-count indictment charging seven Bradenton residents in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy was unsealed Friday.

Clemente Betancourt (27), Estevan Betancourt (18), Larry Lee Woodard, Jr. (28), Adonis Bonilla (28), Omar Mejia (28), Jesse Leahy (47), and Alexander Perez (29), all residents of Bradenton, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.

If convicted on all counts, each faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.

According to the indictment, between March 2022 and May 2023, the suspects were involved in a conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine in Bradenton and throughout Manatee County.