'People like him destroy communities with the poison they sell and the violence they commit,' US Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani said after Ronald Brown's trial.
“Stuffing a Zip-tied man into a trunk, raining down gunfire during a car chase and hiring a murderer…all part of Ronald Brown’s illicit cocaine business,” USAO said.HOUSTON — A cocaine kingpin with a violent past will spend the rest of his life in prison after a federal jury in Houston convicted him of six counts related to a decade-long drug trafficking conspiracy from Houston to Atlanta, the
“Stuffing a zip-tied man into a trunk, raining down gunfire during a car chase and hiring a murderer…all part of Ronald Brown’s illicit cocaine business,” U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani said. “People like him destroy communities with the poison they sell and the violence they commit. Brown’s actions cut short someone’s life and put others in peril. And now, thanks to the hard work of federal prosecutors and law enforcement, the only thing in peril is Brown’s freedom.
In 2013, After one associate had 21 kilos seized by law enforcement, Brown and others kidnapped the man, Zip-tied his arms and legs and put him in the trunk of Brown’s girlfriend’s vehicle. A good Samaritan picked up the victim after he managed to free himself from the trunk. Brown chased that vehicle and opened fire on them, striking the good Samaritan in the upper body and the associate in the head. Both survived.
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