News Release
June 17, 2010
Contact: S/A Edward Marcinko
PIO Baltimore Dist. Office
Number: 410 579-5033

22 Defendants Indicted in Drug Distribution Conspiracy at Gilmor
Homes in Baltimore

JUN 17 -- Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted 22 defendants on charges related to a drug distribution conspiracy in the Gilmor Homes public housing complex in Baltimore. The indictment was returned on June 16, 2010, and unsealed today upon the arrests of 12 of the defendants. Three indicted defendants were already in custody.

The defendants arrested today had initial appearances in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.

The indictment was announced by Special Agent in Charge Ava Cooper-Davis of the Drug Enforcement Administration; United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Baltimore City State’s Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy; and Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III.

“Gilmor Homes citizens deserve to live without the fear and intimidation inflicted by drug organizations,â€