MA Man Named After Bodily Fluid Led FBI To Local Drug Ring: Feds

TAUNTON, MA — Six men from Massachusetts and Texas have been arrested and charged over their roles in a drug distribution ring that trafficked oxycodone from Texas to the Bay State, according to federal officials.

The FBI began investigating the drug ring in April 2022, when they received a tip that Taunton resident John "Jizz" Campbell, 40, was selling opioid pills in the southeastern part of the state.

Christan "Bear" Russell of Tomball, Texas, fed the operation by picking up pills in Houston and bringing them to Boston for redistribution, the FBI said in a news release. Russell met members of the drug ring at the Twin River Casino in Rhode Island and a hotel in Brookline, according to the FBI.

Campbell's drug deals led federal agents to lower-level dealers from Carver and Falmouth, the FBI reported. One man was stopped along the Bourne bridge, where agents recovered more than 70 oxycodone pills in a glue container.

The six men arrested and charged, according to the FBI:

• Campbell, charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
• Kenneth Veiga, 33, of Abington, was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
• Michael Atwood, 36, of Carver, charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
• Austin Gonsalves, 36, of Fall River, charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
• Scott Lambert, 55, of Falmouth, charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances
• Russell, charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

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