CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An aspiring musician is among a dozen people charged with building a cocaine distribution ring throughout northeast Ohio, officials said.

A federal judge on Wednesday unsealed a 30-count indictment charging the group with selling the drugs across the region between 2013 and 2014, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced in a news release.

Those charged are: Darrien Smith, 43, of South Euclid; Brandon "Fat B" McKinnie, 31, of University Heights; Joseph "Joe Caddy" Martin, 31, of Cleveland; Tristan Ingram, 28, of Parma; Robert "Bobby Champagne" Serina, 36, of Cleveland; Wesley Ely, 39, of Parma; Christine "Cali Miles" Hoenie, 34, of Cleveland; Ben May, 23, of Noblesville, Ind.; Luis Cabrera, 27, of Cleveland; Francisco Sanchez, 34, of Brook Park; Kenneth "Chop" Paden, of Cleveland; and Clifton Coleman, 55, of South Euclid.

Prosecutors said Smith sold large amounts of cocaine to McKinnie. McKinnie then sold the drugs to Martin, who sold them to Ingram, the release said.

Ingram then sold cocaine to Ely, Cabrera, Sanchez and Paden, who distributed it across the region, prosecutors said.

Hoenie is accused of arranging cocaine sales for Serina.

Hoenie and Serina collaborated on a 2014 song "Sugar," under the stage names of Cali Miles and Bobby Champagne.

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