Eight of nine alleged conspirators arrested in Scott County marijuana case
Eight of the nine alleged conspirators in the Scott County marijuana case are now in custody, and Davenport police hold a warrant for the ninth, a woman accused of selling and distributing marijuana.
Six women face ongoing criminal conduct charges in Scott County over an alleged
years-long conspiracy to ship California marijuana to the Quad Cities.[1][2][3]They
are charged withfelony ongoing criminal conduct and influence enterprise.[1]Julia Louise Hoskinson is 38 and lives in Bettendorf.[1]Aliyah Renita Marie
Hinton is 31 and lives in Pleasant Valley.[1]Mariah D-yarea Anderson is 27
and lives in Milan, Illinois.[1]Erickah Jo Jensen is 41 and lives in
Davenport.[1]Mandy Nichole Shaw is 42 and lives in Davenport.[1]Nakeya
Shontay Brown is 39 and lives in Davenport.[1]
Hoskinson allegedly received marijuana packages from California at her home,
paid the source over $14,000 through Cash App and Zelle, delivered marijuana to
a co-defendant and referred customers.[1]Hinton allegedly received drug
payments, sent money to the California source and stored 14 pounds (about 6.35
kg) of marijuana at her residence in packaging bearing a co-defendant’s
fingerprint.[1]Anderson allegedly received drug payments and sent funds to
the California supply source.[1]Brown allegedly sent money to the California
supply source.[1]Jensen allegedly sent $5,000 to the California marijuana
supplier and had over $25,000 in cash seized from her home, and she was already
facing eluding charges after police tried to pull her over on May 6.[1]Shaw
allegedly sent large sums of money to the California source for a co-defendant
and allowed marijuana duffle bags and boxes to be stored in her vehicle.[1]
Court documents show multiple warrants were executed for money transactions in
the case.[1]The alleged operation bought marijuana in California and sold it
in the Quad Cities area.[1]All six women were released after posting
cash-only bonds, according to court records.[1]
Two more people were arrested in Scott County for allegedly selling and distributing marijuana, bringing the case’s arrested and charged totals to six.[3]
Eight of the nine alleged conspirators in the case have been arrested.[4]Davenport police issued a warrant in July 2026 for the ninth alleged conspirator, a woman accused of selling and distributing marijuana.[4]
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Mugshot composite of the six charged women reported as accused of buying and shipping marijuana from California to the Quad Cities. Photo: Scott County Jail via KWQCPhoto details
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The article gives only its publication date of 20 July 2026 and no separate date for the arrests, charges or warrants; 20 July 2026 is used as the incident date.
The 14-pound figure is described as marijuana stored at Hinton's residence, not explicitly as seized.
The arrested total is inferred from all six being released on cash-only bonds; no separate arrest date is given.
No total seizure weight, plant count, field area, drug value or sentence is published; cash-transfer and seized-cash amounts are not counted as drug value.
Only one source was opened; no second report confirming or adding facts was found.
The year of Jensen's May 6 eluding stop is not stated.
The article's body is behind a subscriber paywall and was not readable in the captured page, so its arrest dates, bond amounts and seizure statements are not added; only the headline, standfirst, captions and date could be read.
The 14 July article refers to four people charged while the 20 July KWQC report the entry uses counts six charged women, the later step of the same case.
The article gives no total weight for the marijuana seized and no figure for the currency; the 14 pounds (6.35 kg) figure in the report comes from the KWQC account of Hinton's residence.
The Quad-City Times update of 16 July 2026 does not give a separate arrest date beyond 'Thursday'; the publication date is used.
The page body is encrypted behind a subscriber paywall in the archived capture, so the two newly arrested people's charges, bonds and any new seizure figures could not be read.
The article says only that the warrant was issued 'last month', so July 2026 is given as its approximate date.
The article body is encrypted behind a subscriber paywall in the captured page, so the wanted woman's charge, bond and any court dates for the eight arrested people could not be read.
No date is given for the arrests beyond the report's publication date of 10 August 2026, which stands in for the incident date.
A man was arrested at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint in Texas after a K-9 alert led to the discovery of marijuana and three firearms, one reported stolen. The driver, held on an active warrant, was turned over to local authorities for extradition.
Passenger Jamaal Parker was arrested on November 10, 2026, after a wrong-way vehicle pursuit ended in a crash in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Sheriff's deputies reported finding 4 pounds (1.81 kilograms) of concentrated marijuana (THC) valued at over $13,000 and two loaded handguns in his backpack.
Patrick Wayne Gaylor, 40, was arrested on Maple Avenue near East 6th Street in Rome, Georgia, after police stopped his vehicle over an improperly restrained five-year-old child and found marijuana. He was charged with marijuana possession, a child safety restraint violation, and a parole violation.
Palo Alto County sheriff's deputies arrested 37-year-old Baley Dietrich and 18-year-old Landen Dietrich, both of Graettinger, after a disturbance call on the morning of 9 November 2026. Both were charged with first-offense marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia and were booked into the Palo Alto County Jail to await initial appearances.
