Three fugitives wanted in Wichita drug ring considered armed and dangerous, FBI says
The FBI is offering rewards for information leading to the arrests of three men indicted for their alleged involvement in a Wichita drug-trafficking ring run by an reputed gang member from his Oklahoma prison cell.
Dorzee Hill, 40; Otis Ponds, 41; and Trevor Wells, 39, are considered fugitives and should not be approached by members of the public, the FBI said in a news release.
“Members of the public are cautioned not to confront these individuals but to contact law enforcement immediately as they should be considered armed and dangerous,” the release said.
Information regarding their whereabouts can be reported to the FBI’s Wichita office at 316-262-0031, Wichita-Sedgwick County Crime Stoppers at 316-267-2111 or online at tips.fbi.gov.
A reward of up to $5,000 is on the table for tips that lead to the men’s arrests, prosecution and conviction, the FBI said.
Hill, Ponds and Wells are among 24 people charged in a federal indictment announced Wednesday that describes how 47-year-old Travis Knighten and his network of subordinates in Wichita allegedly operated a methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine and heroin operation across town last year.
Knighten, a 1990s-era Wichita gang member serving a 90-year prison sentence for participating in the 1993 beating death of a Lansing Correctional Facility guard, was the ring’s shot caller, authorities have said. He used contraband cellphones he obtained while inside Oklahoma State Penitentiary to direct the movements of nearly two dozen of his underlings responsible for maintaining five Wichita stash houses, executing drug deals and cutting and packaging their illicit products, the indictment alleges.
The 55-count indictment, filed Feb. 26 in federal court in Wichita, describes Ponds — who also goes by “Wack” — as one of Knighten’s “main traffickers” who took part in the methamphetamine-dealing conspiracy and was involved in maintaining a stash house at 2548 N. Somerset in Wichita.
The indictment accuses Hill of having a role in the marijuana-, heroin- and cocaine-dealing conspiracies.
Wells, who is also called “Punch” and “Punchy,” is accused in the indictment of taking part in the conspiracies to deal meth, marijuana and heroin, and of maintaining a stash house at 930 N. Yale.
This story was originally published March 6, 2020 at 4:19 PM.
