JACKSON, Mich. – A man from Texas will spend almost 20 years behind bars for distributing fentanyl in southern Michigan.
According to authorities, Tamarious “Poogi” Faulkner is the leader of the “Thorough Bread Family,” a violent gang that operates out of Jackson. Faulkner reportedly distributed large amounts of a unique fentanyl across Jackson. The fentanyl, rather than a powder, was in a crystalline form and was often colored yellow, purple or green.
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As this new type of fentanyl pushed by Faulkner and the gang appeared on the streets, the Jackson Police Department reported a significant spike in overdoses and violence.
Faulkner was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
Six other co-conspirators, all residents of Jackson, have also been sentenced:
- Demond Johns, 27: 128 months’ prison
- Dominque Faulkner, 33: 126 months’ prison
- Zaire Faulkner, 26: 10 years’ prison
- Demarquan Smith, 23: 10 years’ prison
- Tommy Owens, 33: 87 months’ prison
- Mario Murguia, 24: 5 years’ prison
Police said once they started arresting members of the gang, Jackson’s crime and overdose numbers “almost immediately rebounded.”
