Six indicted for 1,000 kg marijuana conspiracy and murder in Baltimore
A federal grand jury in Maryland indicted six people from the Brown Organization for conspiring to distribute at least 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and for kidnapping and murdering a member in 2009. Five were in custody; one, Dean Myrie, remained a fugitive.
A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland indicted six people on charges
related to the Brown Organization, a marijuana distribution network allegedly
operating across Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Arizona and Jamaica.[1]The
six charged are Jean Brown, 42, of Jamaica; Hubert Downer, a.k.a. “Doc,” 51, of
Jamaica; Dean Myrie, a.k.a. “Journey,” of Jamaica; Dmytro Holovko, a.k.a. “The
Russian,” 53, of Hillside, New Jersey; Jason Carnegie, 41, of Lauderhill,
Florida; and Anthony Hendrickson, 71, of Gardena, California.[1]
The seven-count indictment alleges the organization conspired to distribute and
possess with intent to distribute at least 1,000 kilograms of marijuana from
2000 onward.[1]The indictment also alleges that in December 2009, Brown,
Downer and Myrie kidnapped and murdered Michael Knight to further the
organization’s drug business.[1]Downer is separately charged with being a
felon and an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, and with illegally
re-entering the United States after a previous deportation following a felonyconviction.[1]
Hendrickson was arrested on November 4, 2011, in Los Angeles; Brown, Downer,
Holovko and Carnegie had been previously arrested.[1]Brown, Downer and
Holovko are in custody, Carnegie was released under pretrial supervision, and
Myrie remains a fugitive.[1]The investigation was conducted by ICE-HSI, the
Baltimore County Police Homicide/Missing Persons Unit and the Anne Arundel
County Police Department.[2]
Case data
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conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana (RICO); kidnapping in aid of racketeering; murder in aid of racketeering; conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering; felon in possession of a firearm; illegal alien in possession of a firearm; illegal re-entry
The DOJ press release says the indictment was “unsealed late on Friday” (November 4) while the Baltimore Sun said it was “unsealed Monday” (November 7); the incident date uses the DOJ publication date of November 7.
The 1,000 kilograms is the amount alleged in the indictment, not a quantity seized or destroyed; no seizure figure is recorded for this event.
The trial outcomes for all six defendants were not yet known at the time of this report; later coverage reports a 2013 conviction of Jean Brown and sentencing of Hubert Downer.
Dean Myrie was still a fugitive at the time of this report; a later ICE release confirms his July 2012 arrest.
The death penalty is the maximum penalty stated for the murder charge; no death sentence has been recorded for this event.
The text gives a weight ("1,000 kilograms") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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