State law enforcement agencies carried out a monthslong methamphetamine investigation that has resulted in 15 indictments, including two people tied to the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, according to a Thursday release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

According to the release, special agents in TBI’s Drug Investigation Division and agents with the 5th Judicial District Drug Task Force in December began investigating the sale of large quantities of methamphetamine in Knox County and surrounding areas. Along the way, agents developed information that Richard Carroll Baker, 45, of Knoxville, a member of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, was leading the distribution efforts. The release said another club member, Brian Batson Fox, 58, of Dandridge, and numerous other individuals assisted Baker in distributing illegal narcotics throughout East Tennessee.  Baker was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to sell, deliver, or manufacture 300 grams or more of methamphetamine and three counts of sale/delivery of 26 grams or more of methamphetamine. Fox was charged with intent to sell, deliver, or manufacture 300 grams or more of methamphetamine.

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