Thursday, December 13, 2012
Ashley Michelle Williams
After a months-long investigation, Baltimore City police along with other officials have busted and charged more than thirty people with drug-trafficking.
Following a wiretap investigation, people say they have given 34 people state and federal indictments for conspiring to distribute heroin, marijuana, and numerous other illegal drugs.
Along with state and federal arrest warrants, more than 20 search warrants went within Baltimore earlier in the week to gather firearms, ammunition, hundreds of pills of suspected heroin, and tens of thousands of dollars from the suspects.
The investigation-- which was initiated in 2011--led to state wiretaps of a total of ten different telephone lines beginning in September 2012.
Federal indictment charges were given to Brandon Clark, 25; Anthon Harris, 21; Stanford Stewart, 65; Raheem Baker, 21; and five others.
States indictments were given to the following people for conspiring with Clark to distribute heroin: Carlos Brown, 23; Christopher Brown, 22; Robert Collier, 41; Jordan Evans, 22; Marquise Johnson, 23; Wanda Lucas, 49; Shawn Stansbury, 39; and eight others.
Police say that Tyrell Allsup, 19; James Beasley, 49; Bruce Brown, 44; Isaac Jackson, 22; Brandon Long, and two others were also charged in state indictments for conspiring to distribute heroin.
For conspiring to distribute marijuana, police say Carlos Moultrie, 30, and two others will be charged with state indictments.
The investigation was jointly conducted by the Baltimore Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Major Investigations Unit of the Baltimore City StateÆs AttorneyÆs Office, and the United States AttorneyÆs Office for Maryland.