Court orders leader of alleged narcotics ring held before trial

Federal prosecutors and investigators announce 19 indictments against alleged drug ring participants in a Sept. 26 news conference at Dayton’s U.S. District Court. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF

Federal prosecutors and investigators announce 19 indictments against alleged drug ring participants in a Sept. 26 news conference at Dayton’s U.S. District Court. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF

A judge has ordered a Dayton man whom prosecutors allege helped lead a major drug distribution operation to be held in jail before trial.

In a recent filing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Newman wrote that federal prosecutors agreed with the report of a pretrial services officer on Crawford Bogle, who faces a charge of “conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute” fentanyl and other drugs, among other charges.

The court found that “no condition or combination of conditions … will reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant (in court) as required and the safety of the community,” Newman wrote in the ruling issued last week.

The court ordered Bogle held “separate, to the extent practicable, from persons awaiting or serving sentences or being held in custody pending appeal.”

Bogle’s attorney, James Fleisher, declined to comment Friday.

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Late last month, federal authorities identified Bogle, 33, as one of the leaders of what they alleged was a significant drug operation. A series of recent arrests represented what they said was the breaking up of a “significant” Dayton-based narcotics ring.

On the same day, they announced charges against Bogle and 18 other people in the alleged drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed kilogram-quantities of deadly Fentanyl and other drugs.

Mauricio Jimenez, assistant Drug Enforcement Agency special agent in charge, said last month that authorities also seized cash, multiple firearms as well as drugs. He identified Savon Pope, 26, as a fellow leader of the operation, with Bogle.

“This was a Dayton-based, poly-drug-trafficking organization led by Crawford Bogle and Savon Pope,” Jimenez said last month. “This organization distributed multiple-kilogram quantities of Fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine on a monthly basis throughout Southwestern Ohio.”

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