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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Convicted drug dealer faces mandatory life sentence
DAYTON — A man convicted Tuesday of leading a major drug-trafficking organization, which brought hundreds of kilograms of marijuana, cocaine and heroin to southern Ohio, faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
Anthony “Tricky” Baltimore had been on trial since Oct. 19 before U.S. District Senior Judge Walter H. Rice, who will schedule a sentencing hearing.
The jury deliberated for eight hours into Tuesday evening before finding Baltimore guilty of: — one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. — one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense — one count of conspiracy to launder money — one count of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. Baltimore’s mandatory life sentence stems from his role as one of the principal leaders or organizers of this continuing criminal enterprise.
Baltimore has been in federal custody since his arrest by DEA agents on Oct. 29, 2007.
More than 60 witnesses testified during the trial, presenting evidence that Baltimore was responsible for bringing in large quantities of cocaine from California, marijuana from Texas and heroin from Washington, D.C., according to Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
Baltimore operated a number of businesses including an automobile dealership, Prestige Imports of Dayton, as a way to conceal the proceeds from the drug trafficking crimes, Stewart said.
Baltimore was also involved in at least two shootings in connection with the drug trafficking, including hiring someone to shoot a drug customer who refused to pay him, Stewart said.
Testimony also showed that Baltimore used the proceeds of the drug trafficking to support Baltimore Properties. He bought eight pieces of real estate in the Cincinnati area using the name of his 85-year old grandmother and received kickbacks at closing from the loan proceeds. Baltimore used false documents to get loans to buy the properties at inflated prices, Stewart said.
Stewart commended the cooperative investigation by DEA and IRS, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies and Dayton Police officers, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert Brichler and William Schenck, who prosecuted the case.
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