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DMV’s Big Meech Sentenced To 33 Years After Moving Over 2,000 Keys Of Cocaine
#21802287 - 06/13/15 12:07 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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So this guy will spend the next 30 years of his life in prison for simply selling a product that people wanted to buy. It's an interesting story to me for a number of reasons. One, I didn't realize they had nabbed a kingpin in the DC area. Second, I'm shocked by how sloppy this guy was in a era where you're supposed to have taken notes from The Wire (talking about drugs on the phone, touching the drugs himself, running a music label called Gangsta Chronicles and putting a spotlight on his lavish lifestyle, etc.). And third, it's interesting that he was known as DMV's Big Meech, because his story eventually mirrored that of the real Big Meech, in that he was a big time drug dealer with a music label who will now spend decades behind prison bars.
I hope other people will learn the lesson that Ford-Bey obviously didn't learn. Be more like Gus Fring and less like Tony Montana.
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DMV’s Big Meech Sentenced To 33 Years After Moving Over 2,000 Keys Of Cocaine
Jun 10, 2015
United States District Judge Deborah K Chasanow sentenced Ishmael Ford-Bey aka DMV’s Big Meech, age 40, of Mitchellville, Maryland, to 33 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, using a phone to facilitate drug distribution, and money laundering.
Reports 7th Space:
Judge Chasanow had previously entered an order requiring Ford-Bey to pay a $108 million money judgment, and a forfeiture order for personal property, including luxury vehicles, jewelry and cash. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Karl C Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration—Washington Field Division; Assistant Director in Charge Andrew G McCabe of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—Washington Field Office; Chief Mark A Magaw of the Prince George’s County Police Department; Chief of Police Robert D MacLean of the United States Park Police; Acting Postal Inspector in Charge David M McGinnis of the United States Postal Inspection Service—Washington Division; Special Agent in Charge Thomas J Kelly of the Internal Revenue Service—Criminal Investigation, Washington, DC. Field Office; Special Agent in Charge William P McMullan of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Baltimore Field Division; and Colonel William M Pallozzi, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police;.
According to court documents, from at least January 2011 through his arrest on August 16, 2013, Ishmael Ford-Bey conspired with Anthony Tatum and others to distribute cocaine. The drugs were often sold in different locations in Prince George’s County, Washington, DC. and Oxon Hill, Maryland. In late 2010, law enforcement received information that Tatum was the source of supply of cocaine to a cooperating source and that Ford-Bey was providing Tatum and others with kilogram quantities of cocaine.
Between April 2011 and January 2012, United States Park Police conducted undercover purchases of a total of 308 grams of crack cocaine from co-conspirator Terrin Anderson. Anderson drove a vehicle registered to Ford-Bey to make some of the deliveries. As a result of wire taps on conspirators’ cell phones law enforcement overheard numerous conversations with Ford-Bey discussing and arranging drug transactions. Agents observed Ford-Bey providing conspirators with drugs in exchange for cash.
On August 15, 2012, the Texas Department of Public Safety stopped a refrigerated box truck that was transporting thirteen boxes, each containing approximately ten kilograms of cocaine. The boxes were to be delivered to Ford-Bey in Temple Hills, Maryland. A controlled delivery of the boxes was arranged. On August 17, 2012, law enforcement established surveillance at the meeting location in Marlow Heights, Maryland.
A few minutes after the truck arrived at the meeting location, a vehicle registered to Ford-Bey at a Mitchellville address arrived at the location. Law enforcement observed the truck driver and Ford-Bey unloading the drugs into Ford-Bey’s vehicle. As Ford-Bey left the area, he was pursued by law enforcement officers. Ford-Bey abandoned the vehicle in the median on I-495 and ran away.
Agents recovered Ford-Bey’s vehicle, the cocaine, cell phones, and other evidence from the vehicle. Based upon review of the documents in the vehicle and further investigation, agents identified another residence for Ford-Bey located in the 2400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC. On the evening of August 17, 2012, officers were at the Pennsylvania Avenue address and saw Ford-Bey in the lobby. Ford-Bey fled dropping a bag that contained prepaid cellphones and other items.
Agents were unable to locate Ford-Bey. A search warrant of the residence resulted in the seizure of watches and jewelry, and a loaded Glock handgun. Agents also seized two other vehicles—a 2003 Audi and a 2011 Maserati, both registered to Ford-Bey. Ford-Bey was arrested on August 16, 2013, during a traffic stop of a vehicle being driven by Ford-Bey’s girlfriend.
A Maryland State Trooper ran the tag and determined the vehicle was registered in the name of the driver and Ford-Bey. When the trooper asked Ford-Bey for identification, he identified himself as Jason Green and presented a New Jersey driver’s license in that name. The trooper pulled up the warrant photograph for Ford-Bey, positively identified him as Ford-Bey, and placed him under arrest. On October 1, 2013, a search warrant was executed at the apartment of a co-conspirator that Ford-Bey and co-conspirator Anthony Tatum had been identified as visiting.
Agents located a safe which contained $823,640 in cash, several expensive watches, and jewelry. In addition, agents recovered scales, three heat sealers, a coffee grinder, a currency counter, and other drug paraphernalia, as well as approximately 350 grams of cocaine. Latent fingerprints recovered from the heat sealers were identified as belonging to Ford-Bey and Tatum. In an effort to disguise and hide their drug proceeds, Ford-Bey, Tatum and others created numerous business entities, which had little, if any, legitimate business.
They set up bank accounts in the names of each business and deposited their drug proceeds into those business accounts. Between 2008 and 2011, Ford-Bey deposited drug proceeds into business bank accounts he owned or controlled. Ford-Bey used drug proceeds to purchase a 2007 Lexus for his girlfriend, a 2011 Land Rover vehicle for $65,749. Ford-Bey also purchased jewelry and used the drug proceeds to pay rent for his apartment and for travel expenses, among other things.
The government contends that over the course of the conspiracy Ford-Bey distributed approximately 1,710 kilograms of cocaine. Four defendants, including Ford-Bey were convicted federally for their participation in the conspiracy. Co-conspirators Terrin Tamal Anderson, age 29, of Waldorf, Maryland, and David Allen Jones, age 40, of District Heights, Maryland, previously pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 12 years in prison and 45 months in prison, respectively. Anthony Torrell Tatum, age 36, of Arlington, Virginia, also pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 7, 2015.
United States Attorney Rod J Rosenstein commended the DEA, FBI, Prince George’s County Police Department, United States Park Police, United States Postal Inspection Service, IRS-CI, ATF and Maryland State Police for their work in the investigation. Mr Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorneys Deborah A Johnston and Thomas P Windom, who prosecuted this Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force case.
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Re: DMV’s Big Meech Sentenced To 33 Years After Moving Over 2,000 Keys Of Cocaine [Re: Learyfan]
#21802396 - 06/13/15 12:37 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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when they get out of prison they'll just get minimum wage jobs and work long enough to start over again
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Re: DMV’s Big Meech Sentenced To 33 Years After Moving Over 2,000 Keys Of Cocaine [Re: Konyap]
#21805044 - 06/14/15 06:01 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Putting people behind bars even for 1-2 years for drugs is not socially responsible
Unless selling, then maybe 2-5 years max
We give 10-12 years sentences here for murder...
But this guy just got 33 years for selling to happy customers and earning a little money
It should never be possible to give people over 10+ years for any drug. No matter if the drug killed 55 people. It's the people's own responsibility, not the drug kingpins.
And in this case it likely killed noone, victimless crime. Not even the state has been victimized. Cocaine makes people more productive often.
Society is crazy. Amazing that so few people complain politically...
People have gotten life in prison for LSD, 2-3 times now People have gotten life in prison for weed in the US People have been executed by the gov in Indonesia for weed - it's death sentence there , several were publicly executed there lately for it
Society has learned nothing, man has learned nothing. In the middle ages it was witches we burned. Now it is drug addicts/drug users we burn and prosecute because they won't fit into our own little framework of how a society should be.
When we put people into jail for 1-2 years+ for drugs, this is what happens: the person gets criminal in the jail - learns by other convicts when he comes out he starts over again, because he has no likeliness of getting a normal job selling drugs gives a very high income
They won't even be able to get a minimum wage job with a minor offence , they won't be able to get an education either because that requires no criminal record
The government only loses on drug people, the more we punish them they laugh behind our backs, and we feel clever when we should feel stupid/like a fool
Edited by lessismore (06/14/15 02:28 PM)
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Re: DMV’s Big Meech Sentenced To 33 Years After Moving Over 2,000 Keys Of Cocaine [Re: lessismore]
#21805786 - 06/14/15 11:16 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Very well said. I agree with everything you said, except for the suggestion that his cocaine didn't ruin lives. It probably contributed to a lot of misery. But I still emphatically stand for personal freedom. Freedom to sell it and freedom to consume it.
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Re: DMV’s Big Meech Sentenced To 33 Years After Moving Over 2,000 Keys Of Cocaine [Re: Learyfan]
#21806716 - 06/14/15 02:39 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yup, I don't think anybody should get into jail for selling Meth either. Even though Meth, Oxycodone etc. are nasty drugs of abuse.
The problem is not with the people selling, but with the people choosing an addictive lifestyle.
Ultimately the problem is with the state because it is failing to help them out of addiction.
There are many reasons people can fall into addiction, and it is rarely just the drug's fault.
People can be addicted to anything, food,sex,tv,sleeping,any drug,hurting themselves,smoking,alcohol etc.
Most drug experts will say it rarely matters what drug it is, people can get addicted to just about anything
But we treat some drugs like they are worse than others usually
I'm not saying heroin is good, but giving people years in prison for it is ignorance, it won't help anything Giving people years for any drug doesn't help. There must be another way...
If society really focused on helping the weakest minds in our society we wouldn't have all these drug problems, but instead we sweep all drugs away under the carpet and ban them.
Prescription pills are no better than most drugs, in fact more people die from prescription pills in many countries than from drugs. We have just learned almost nothing it seems.
Maybe something will happen to all this soon.
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Re: DMV’s Big Meech Sentenced To 33 Years After Moving Over 2,000 Keys Of Cocaine [Re: lessismore]
#21807553 - 06/14/15 06:36 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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I remember seeing a few of these stops when I was in high school. So that's what was going on.
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Re: DMV’s Big Meech Sentenced To 33 Years After Moving Over 2,000 Keys Of Cocaine [Re: Ihateyou]
#21814743 - 06/16/15 01:56 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Big Meech huh? A lot of rappers talk about him. I think he was one of the founders of the BMF, black mafia family. I could be wrong.
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Re: DMV’s Big Meech Sentenced To 33 Years After Moving Over 2,000 Keys Of Cocaine [Re: Magicman69]
#21831395 - 06/20/15 06:15 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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there are a lot of whacked out people walking around d.c. maybe the number will go down now .....
maybe .....
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Re: DMV’s Big Meech Sentenced To 33 Years After Moving Over 2,000 Keys Of Cocaine [Re: filthyknees]
#21903440 - 07/05/15 11:30 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Fucked up part he didn't get caught with any coke just money wtf
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