Agencies responsible for the hundreds arrested last week in what is now being referred to as the “Operation Flamingo Road” drug roundup have begun releasing the names of some of those who have been targeted by the investigation.

Of the 20 arrested in Floyd County, 14 of those were taken into custody by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, while the Kentucky State Police and officers with Operation UNITE each arrested three suspects.

Those arrested by the FBI were the 14 involved in the Marsillett indictment, including Auxier residents James Marsillett Sr., 77, of Prestonsburg, James Marsillett Jr., 52, of Auxier, and James Marsillett III, 34, of Auxier, as previously reported.

Other Floyd County residents named yesterday were:

• Marsha L. Hicks, 36, of Garrett.

• Jeffrey Tuttle, 45, of Garrett.

• William R. Sparkman, 40, of Garrett.

• Ogie M. Moore, 43, of Garrett.

• Joyce A. Caudill, 46, of McDowell.

• Alberta Brown, 55, of McDowell.

Some named in the Marsillett indictment and arrested during the sweep were not Floyd County residents. These included Denver Hall, 46, of Hilliard, Ohio; Melissa Ward, 25, of Paintsville; Terri L. Lackey, 23, of Flat Gap; and Stacey and Cheryl Lackey, for which ages and places of residence were not provided.

Also arrested and listed in separate indictments and collectively as living in either Floyd or Pike counties and allegedly taking part in the scheme since 2005 were:

• John W. Howell, 48.

• Jonathan Joseph Howell, 27.

• Veronica Lynn Howell, 24.

• Steven Shande Stephens, 32.

• Manis Risner, 51.

• Timothy D. Bryant, 46.

These suspects make up those taken into custody by the FBI, while Operation UNITE has released the name of one suspect from Floyd County its officers arrested this past week, 31-year-old Jamie Blankenship. The other two have not yet been named.

The Kentucky State Police, who, according to data released from the United States District Attorney’s Office, arrested three of the 20 Floyd County suspects, had not released the names of those three individuals as of Thursday.

Of these, the charges against Marsillett Jr. have been termed the most serious. The 52-year old, whose father and son have also been indicted in the alleged conspiracy, faces a life sentence if convicted on charges that he organized and managed a criminal enterprise that lasted from 2005 to 2008. This conspiracy involved the 13 others traveling to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida to receive prescription oxycodone and methadone to sell in Pike, Floyd and Johnson counties.