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Re: Detroit kingpin flees court before guilty verdict [Re: cookcounty] #781994
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Juror's sudden absence deepens mystery of fugitive drug trio

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Detroit— A federal judge is investigating why a juror in a major narcotics trial went AWOL around the same time the fez-wearing drug defendants disappeared.

Juror David McIntosh of Detroit failed to attend closing arguments and deliberations in the case against Carlos Powell, one of the biggest drug dealers in Metro Detroit history, and three others.

It is unclear why the 48-year-old man failed to show up after a nearly two-week trial and whether his absence is related to the disappearance of Powell, his brother Eric Powell and friend Earnest Proge. His behavior deepens the mystery surrounding the search for the drug dealers, who are being hunted by the U.S. Marshals Service and face up to life in prison.

U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy ordered McIntosh to his courtroom June 11 to explain why he failed to show up for closing arguments and deliberations that ended in guilty verdicts against the three drug dealers and former state Rep. Kenneth Daniels. McIntosh was replaced by an alternate juror.

The judge likely is wondering if there is a connection between the missing juror and the missing drug dealers,said Peter Henning, a law professor at Wayne State University and a former federal prosecutor.

“That’s a question on the judge’s mind,” Henning said. “This is certainly a striking coincidence.”

McIntosh was the sole black male juror in a case involving four black defendants and one of the most prolific and profitable drug rings in Metro Detroit history. Carlos Powell’s operation generated tens of millions of dollars and was responsible for importing hundreds of kilograms of heroin and cocaine, and thousands of pounds of marijuana from Mexico, prosecutors said.

McIntosh sat through about two weeks of testimony before failing to show up at court for closing arguments May 8.

That’s the last day court officials saw Franklin resident Eric Powell and Proge, a Detroit resident. Both men were free on $10,000 unsecured bond.

McIntosh’s absence delayed the start of closing arguments and triggered a search by court officials.

“They tried his cellphone, his home phone number — they did everything short of sending a car out to his house,” said Proge’s lawyer Patricia Maceroni. “He was always on time and very attentive. Everyone was very surprised he did not show up.”

McIntosh could not be found and failed to show up on May 9 or May 12. That’s the day jurors reached guilty verdicts against the three drug dealers and Daniels.

When Carlos Powell, 39, of Washington Township learned there was a verdict, court officials said he cut his ankle tether and disappeared.

The Powell brothers and Proge were released on bond in 2012 despite a history of running from police, violating probation or committing crimes while free on bond. Federal prosecutors did not ask a judge to jail Carlos Powell, the drug kingpin, or request temporary detention.

The three men wore fezzes to court each day.

The men said they were members of the Moorish Science Temple of America. One court filing, on Moorish Science Temple of America letterhead, alleged the Powell brothers were not subject to U.S. laws and offered to pay money to settle the criminal charges. The judge dismissed the letter as frivolous.

All three should be considered armed and dangerous, prosecutors said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the U.S. Marshals Service at (313) 234-5656.

Maceroni had forgotten about McIntosh’s disappearance given the flight of her client and the Powell brothers.

“I’ve had jurors who have gotten in car accidents or violently ill or who have had family members ill and who can no longer participate,” Maceroni said.

“What was so unusual about what happened with this young man is there was just no communication.”

McIntosh’s relatives could not be reached Tuesday and nobody answered the door at his home on Detroit’s northwest side. According to a public records database and The News’ archives, he worked as a Comerica Park beer vendor as recently as 2006.

A Detroit police spokesman said there were no missing persons reports filed for McIntosh.

A spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service declined to comment on whether investigators have talked to McIntosh as part of the manhunt.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined comment.

Maceroni doubts there is any link between the juror and the missing drug dealers.

“No, no, absolutely not,” she said.



From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140604/METRO01/306040032#ixzz33hPYwstT

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I didn't think the story could get more bizarre, but I was wrong.

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those cats are probably in a small island that doesn't extradite

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Fugitive drug brothers captured

Third man remains missing weeks after guilty verdicts in drug trial

Carlos Powell (David Coates / The Detroit News)

Federal agents have captured two of the three missing fez-wearing drug dealers, including kingpin Carlos Powell, who disappeared last month ahead of guilty verdicts in their drug trial.

Some details were unavailable early Thursday but Powell and his brother, Eric Powell, were captured late Wednesday. Carlos Powell was caught in the eastern district of Missouri with a firearm and a large amount of money. Eric Powell was caught near Atlanta with a large amount of money, U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Deputy Robert Watson confirmed.

The Powell family has ties to the Atlanta area.

In December 2010, federal prosecutors asked a judge to order Carlos Powell's luxury condominium in a hip area of Atlanta forfeited to the government. The condo was purchased with proceeds from the drug ring, Assistant U.S. Attorney Julie Beck wrote in the forfeiture complaint.

The arrests cap an intense manhunt launched after Carlos Powell, 39, of Washington Township, brother Eric Powell, 36, of Franklin and friend Earnest Proge, 38, of Detroit disappeared before jurors in their drug trial reached guilty verdicts May 12. The three men were free on bond, a decision that led to finger-pointing among federal officials who prosecuted the men in one of the biggest drug cases in metro Detroit history.

The third man, Proge, is still missing. Anyone with information is asked to call the U.S. Marshals Service at (313) 234-5656.

Carlos Powell ran one of the most prolific and profitable drug rings in Metro Detroit history. His operation generated tens of millions of dollars and was responsible for importing hundreds of kilograms of heroin and cocaine, and thousands of pounds of marijuana from Mexico, prosecutors said.

During a years-long investigation headed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, agents seized 66 pounds of heroin, 12 kilograms of cocaine, 1,000 pounds of marijuana and more than $21 million in cash.

Carlos Powell’s drug ring allegedly laundered profits and purchased $800,000 worth of jewelry, real estate in Michigan and Georgia and luxury vehicles, including two Bentleys, a Ferrari, a Rolls Royce and boats. Most have been seized.

When Carlos Powell learned there was a verdict May 12, court officials said he cut his ankle tether and disappeared.

U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy was outraged after learning the three men had fled before jurors returned those guilty verdicts that could lead to life in prison.

“No bond. No exceptions,” a red-faced Murphy said, pointing at a deputy U.S. marshal inside a courtroom filled with lawyers, prosecutors and federal agents. “These guys are into the wind. I think it’s outrageous.”

Before calling jurors into his courtroom, the judge stood at his bench, pointed at lawyers and demanded answers.

“Where’s Carlos Powell?” the judge asked Deday LaRene.

“I can’t answer that,” the lawyer said.

“I want the government to get three bench warrants immediately, and I want the marshals to go get these guys,” the judge said.

The government offered $7,500 for information leading to Carlos Powell’s arrest and $5,000 for information leading to arrests of Eric Powell and Earnest Proge.

The judge was frustrated the three men would stand trial for almost two weeks and then apparently flee before the verdict.

“What’s that say about these three?” Murphy said. “I’d like these three arrested today without exception. No bond. Understand?”

The Powell brothers and Proge were released on bond in 2012 despite a history of running from police, violating probation or committing crimes while free on bond. Federal prosecutors did not ask a judge to jail Carlos Powell, the drug kingpin, or request temporary detention.

The three men wore fezzes to court each day.

The men said they were members of the Moorish Science Temple of America. One court filing, on Moorish Science Temple of America letterhead, alleged the Powell brothers were not subject to U.S. laws and offered to pay money to settle the criminal charges. The judge dismissed the letter as frivolous.



From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140605/METRO01/306050053#ixzz33lswllrn

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thanks

in the words of ghostface

them flower heads must have been stupid/
tell me how the fuck black dudes get caught with all that loot kid/
that's jet money, underground money..submarines and rings..too bad you fucked up DUMMIES/

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Re: Detroit kingpin flees court before guilty verdict [Re: cheech] #782105
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could be they had money stashed in those places.

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so buddy has been on the run for a couple weeks and only made it to missouri

the other idiot goes to atlanta where everybody knows to look for black men with money

there ain't no telling how much cash they blew over their career

Re: Detroit kingpin flees court before guilty verdict [Re: cookcounty] #782141
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@ cheech,

right..good call

try this one

"locked in the slammer?/
NO...popped up in Atlanta/"


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Easy for me to say this sitting here...BUT...why would one of the brothers end up in a city where the feds already know that he has ties to?

dudes should gone to a native american reservation if they weren't gonna flee the country

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Originally Posted By: getthesenets
@ cheech,

right..good call

try this one

"locked in the slammer?/
NO...popped up in Atlanta/"


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Easy for me to say this sitting here...BUT...why would one of the brothers end up in a city where the feds already know that he has ties to?

dudes should gone to a native american reservation if they weren't gonna flee the country


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I kind of think that they decided to escape last minute, thats why i think they perhaps had to go to these places to get any money they had stashed just as long as they got out detroit.

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locked down with dirty white boys and ricans

great song...beat knocks


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Styles p went the hardest on that too

Re: Detroit kingpin flees court before guilty verdict [Re: cookcounty] #782279
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Well you was wrong about the island , where you think the last brother is ?

My guess is another Southern city or Midwest city.


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If I was their lawyer, I would tell them you are more likely to get convicted if you wear those fezes...or fez's....or fezzes...however you spell it

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i don't see the big deal about the fez's

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WOW! I didn't think they were going to get these guys so quick.

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Feds: Fez-wearing drug dealers deserve life in prison
Robert Snell, The Detroit News 1:10 p.m. EDT October 14, 2014
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Detroit — Two fez-wearing drug dealers who fled ahead of guilty verdicts should be sentenced Friday to life in prison for running one of Metro Detroit's largest and most lucrative drug rings, prosecutors said.

In urging U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy to send drug kingpin Carlos Powell of Washington Township and brother Eric Powell of Franklin to life behind bars, prosecutors offered new details on how the men were captured in June following a nationwide manhunt.

The manhunt and case drew national attention because of the size and scope of the drug ring and because the brothers and fellow drug dealer Earnest Proge of Detroit wore fezzes to court every day. The men said they were members of the Moorish Science Temple of America but a temple leader said the fezzes were a failed attempt to influence jurors.

The sentencing is scheduled five months after the men enraged Murphy by fleeing just before the jury in their drug trial announced guilty verdicts.

“For years, Carlos and Eric Powell ran a multi-million dollar drug trafficking operation, importing staggering amounts of drugs — including hundreds (if not thousands) of kilograms of heroin, some of which was over 90% pure,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Cares wrote in a sentencing memo late Monday. “Their illegal drug business caused immeasurable blight and decay in this city and region.”

Life in prison is justified, he argued, because Carlos Powell was involved in selling more than 1.1 million kilograms of marijuana. The weed weighed as much as 1,000 automobiles, he said.

Carlos Powell should receive a 15-year sentence, defense lawyer Deday LaRene wrote.

Such a sentence and probation “would allow for the possibility that Mr. Powell could have some hope for a meaningful life after prison, and would be an appropriate exercise of the court’s sentencing discretion,” LaRene wrote.

Eric Powell, meanwhile, should go to prison for less than 30 years, his lawyer Domnick Sorise wrote Tuesday.

The government’s filing provides new details about the Powell brothers’ weeks-long escape in May.

When Carlos Powell learned there was a verdict May 12 that could lead to life in prison, court officials said he cut his ankle tether and disappeared. The ankle tether was found blocks from federal court in downtown Detroit.

Federal agents learned the same day that Eric Powell and Proge had disappeared, too.

Carlos Powell was captured in a home in St. Louis, Mo., on June 4. He had more than $750,000 in cash on him and numerous cellphones, Cares wrote.

Eric Powell was arrested by a fugitive task force at a hotel in Atlanta, Ga., the same night as his brothers. He was carrying more than $50,000 cash and a fake birth certificate, the prosecutors wrote Monday.

Proge was arrested June 18 in St. Louis. He will be sentenced Dec. 5.

The Powell brothers and Proge were able to flee because they were released on bond in 2012 despite a history of running from police, violating probation or committing crimes while free on bond. Federal prosecutors did not ask a judge to jail Carlos Powell or request temporary detention.

During a yearlong investigation headed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, agents seized 66 pounds of heroin, 12 kilograms of cocaine, 1,000 pounds of marijuana and more than $21 million in cash.

Carlos Powell's drug ring allegedly laundered profits and purchased $800,000 worth of jewelry, real estate in Michigan and Georgia and luxury vehicles, including two Bentleys, a Ferrari, a Rolls Royce and boats. Most have been seized.

A fourth man, former state Rep. Kenneth Daniels, D-Detroit, was sentenced to a year in federal prison. He supported Powell's drug ring by making multiple financial transactions to hide Powell's illegal activities from authorities, officials said.

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A jury in Detroit with only one black juror? Looks like this dude was doomed from the start


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Fez-wearing drug dealers get life

Detroit — Two fez-wearing drug dealers involved in one of the most prolific narcotics rings in Metro Detroit history were sentenced to life in prison Friday.

Drug kingpin Carlos Powell of Washington Township and his brother, Eric Powell of Franklin, received the stiff sentences from a federal judge who became enraged in May when the men disappeared ahead of jury verdicts, triggering a nationwide manhunt.

"It's the largest case I've ever seen," U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy said. "There's little else to say without being insulting."

The sentences cap a criminal case that drew national attention due to the drug ring's size, scope and profits and because the men wore fezzes during the trial. The sentences also end an uncomfortable episode for the federal court and prosecutors, who did not seek pretrial detention for the brothers or a third drug dealer despite a history of running from police, violating probation or committing crimes while free on bond.

The brothers apologized Friday for jumping bond. Carlos Powell vowed to turn his life around if given a break.

"I want to say I did not mean any disrespect to the court," Powell, 39, said.

Instead, he got a life sentence and could be bound for the Supermax federal prison in Colorado. That's the most secure federal prison in the country and filled with convicted terrorists, including Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up an airplane over Metro Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.

The sentencing hearings were tension-filled. Seven deputy U.S. Marshals and security officers flanked the men and closely watched a gallery filled with relatives, friends and agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

The Powell brothers were dressed in red jail uniforms — no fezzes — and shackled at the wrists and ankles.

Carlos Powell was reflective and apologetic while reading a prepared statement.

"I miss my children," the father of three said. "I will be leaving them in their time of need."

During a years-long investigation, DEA agents seized more than $21 million in cash, 66 pounds of heroin, 12 kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana.

"The amounts of drugs this man injected into this region are just staggering. It's just breathtaking," Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Cares said. "He knew it was illegal to inject poison into this region."

The Washington Township man's drug ring allegedly laundered profits and purchased $800,000 worth of jewelry, real estate in Michigan and Georgia and luxury vehicles, including two Bentleys, a Ferrari, a Rolls Royce, and boats. Most have been seized.

The brothers were free on bond and appeared in court every day for their trial until May 12. That's when they jumped bond and disappeared before jurors returned guilty verdicts.

When Murphy learned of their escape, the red-faced judge ordered the U.S. Marshals Service to find the men and fellow drug dealer Earnest Proge, who also jumped bond.

Carlos Powell was captured in a home in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 4. He had more than $750,000 in cash on him and numerous cellphones, prosecutors wrote in a court filing.

Eric Powell was arrested by a fugitive task force at a hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, the same night as his brother. He was carrying more than $50,000 cash and a fake birth certificate.

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Proge was arrested June 18 in St. Louis. The Detroiter will be sentenced Dec. 5.

The judge was calm and abrupt before sentencing Carlos Powell. Right away, Murphy told the man he would get a life sentence.

"The behavior was long-term, it was entrenched and it was deserving of a life sentence," the judge said.

Unlike his brother, Eric Powell, 36, said nothing.

"He would like to apologize for running away," defense lawyer Dominick Sorise said. "It was panic and fear of a life sentence."

He urged the judge to give his client a break. Eric Powell appeared to be a friendly person, the judge said. Murphy wanted to give the four-time felon a shot at redemption.

"The problem is, I have less discretion," the judge said. "The choices he's made are abominable."

So Murphy sentenced Eric Powell to life in prison. A woman rushed out of the courtroom, crying.

Eric Powell didn't react to the sentence. Instead, he shuffled out of the courtroom, flanked by federal agents.

"I love you Eric," a woman told him as he walked past the courtroom gallery.

"I'll be alright," he said.

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http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/09/ken_daniels_former_detroit_pol.html

politician got convicted also



DETROIT, MI -- Ken Daniels, 56, of Detroit, once served his community as a state representative. He's now headed to federal prison for a year after federal prosecutors say he helped a drug dealer conceal illegal proceeds.

A jury in May convicted Daniels, who was on trial with co-defendants Carlos Powell, the alleged leader of the drug ring, Eric Powell and Earnest Proge Jr., of structuring financial transactions.

"Evidence presented at trial showed that Daniels, who had served as the Vice Chairman of the Insurance and Financial Services Committee while a member of Michigan’s State Legislature, supported Powell’s large-scale drug operation by making multiple financial transactions to conceal Powell’s illegal activities from law enforcement," U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade's office said in a statement Thursday. "Daniels received $19,000 from Carlos Powell, broke those funds into two smaller amounts, and went to two separate banks to obtain cashier checks in an attempt to evade legal requirements to report transactions exceeding $10,000.

"Daniels returned the checks to Powell, who used the funds to purchase a Mercedes."

The Carlos Powell-led drug ring has been called one of the largest ever busted in Detroit.

When he was arrested in 2012, law enforcers seized more than $21 million in cash, 66 pounds of heroin, 12 kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana.

Carlos Powell, his brother Eric Powell and Earnest Proge all fled prior to their May 12 court date at which they were to be convicted.

U.S. Marshals caught the brothers weeks later, Carlos Powell near Atlanta, where officials said he had nearly $750,000 in cash and a firearm, and Eric Powell in Missouri.

Proge was nabbed in St. Louis.

According to MichiganVotes.org, Daniels, a Democrat, served as a state representative from 1999 to 2004.

In addition to positions on the Detroit Board of Education and as a Detroit Water Department commissioner, he ran a failed state senate bid in 2010.

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Detroit's Most Wanted: Dwayne Taylor is No. 1 most wanted
10:18 AM, Dec 16, 2016
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DETROIT (WXYZ) - A huge drug ring out of Detroit has been busted by the DEA.

Two men responsible are serving life behind bars while the U.S. Marshals say their coconspirator keeps the business running.

It’s a high profile drug case and the Marshals say they have exhausted all their resources, along with the DEA.

“This organization that the Powell brothers were running that Taylor’s part of,” Deputy U.S. Marshal Aaron Garcia said. “One of the biggest organizations in Michigan for years.

It’s an organization the U.S. Marshals and DEA want to finally close the book on.

“This organization was known for moving drugs from Michigan to Arizona from Mexico, this was a national organization- these guys got contacts everywhere,” Garcia said.

The U.S. Marshals captured ring leaders Eric and Carlos Powell who are now serving life for the heroin ring.

That puts Dwayne Taylor at the top of the most wanted list.

“Taylor would be in charge of moving the heroin from the semi trucks, getting them to the locations they need to go,” Garcia said.

He believes Taylor now leads the drug ring still based here in Detroit.

“This is a guy who has resources, who has drugs, who has access to weapons that are filling our community here in the City of Detroit and getting pushed on the street,” Garcia said.

Dwayne Taylor is 5’7” and 185 pounds. He uses the alias Dale Hill or Weezy.

“This guy here is in the Detroit area still,” Garcia said. “We just need that one tip, that viewer tip.”

The Marshals are offering a reward for information on Dwayne Taylor.

As always you can call them 24/7 and remain anonymous at (313) 234-5656.

Re: Detroit kingpin flees court before guilty verdict [Re: Scorsese] #902303
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It’s a high profile drug case and the Marshals say they have exhausted all their resources, along with the DEA.



Scorsese,

thanks for the update. Never recall reading that the FEDS admit defeat. oh well, they seized the cash, property and nabbed 2 out of 3.


like two thirds of a brick/
****** & ****/
the crystal white fluffy part that'll come back quick/

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I think this guy was part of the original 2012 indictment.

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Indicted were Carlos Ellis Powell, 37, of Washington Township, Mich., Eric Jerome Powell, 34, of Franklin Farms, Mich., Ignacio Avalos, 21, of Phoenix, Kenneth Robert Daniels, 53, of Detroit, Earnest Lee Proge, Jr., 36, of Detroit, Tobias John Proge, 28, of Clinton Township, Mich., Dwayne Rnay Taylor, 35, of Detroit, Tamika Olivia Turner, 34, of Eastpointe, Mich., Juan Valle, 59, of Coldwater, Mich., Margarita Lopez DeVallejo, 39, of LaHabla, Calif., Benny Bernard Whigham, 34, of Detroit and Donald Lee Wilson, 49,of Parkland, Fla.



He must have avoided arrest and continued using the network that was left. I guess since hes the guy dealing with the trucks and distribution hes gonna know people on both sides.

Re: Detroit kingpin flees court before guilty verdict [Re: Scorsese] #902754
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Scorsese,

You're right. I was confused...the 3rd fez wearer was caught already.
El Chapo was caught so I don't laugh so hard about these guys getting caught as I did before.

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Drug ring suspect who fled during trial gets his conviction tossed
Tresa Baldas , Detroit Free Press Published 7:10 p.m. ET Feb. 7, 2017 | Updated 11 hours ago
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He fled during trial, got caught — and then was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his alleged role in a major drug ring.

Despite all that, Earnest Proge had his conviction tossed today, convincing a federal appeals court that a judge forced him to go to trial with an attorney he didn't want and refused to give him a new lawyer — even when his own attorneys asked to withdraw from the case.

That, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded, was a violation of Proge's Sixth Amendment rights to defense counsel. In a 3-0 decision, the appeals court held that Proge's lawyers "made clear that there had been a complete breakdown in communication with Proge," and that they should have been allowed to withdraw. Proge asked for new lawyers one month before the start of trial, claiming his attorneys wanted him to take a plea deal that he opposed.


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U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy agreed to let one of Proge's lawyers withdraw from the case, but not the other, concluding the request was a delay tactic. This, Proge argued, forced him to go to trial with an attorney who had previously admitted wasn't prepared or equipped to take the case to trial.

"Proge ... insisted that he did not want attorneys who did not want to fight for him, and repeated that he wanted to hire a new lawyer to represent him at trial," the 6th Circuit wrote, concluding Murphy erred in not allowing Proge to get new lawyers. "Considering that the request for new counsel was made timely and more than a month before trial ... and that there was a complete breakdown in the attorney-client relationship, the insistence that trial go forward without allowing for substitute counsel violated Proge's Sixth Amendment Rights."

The U.S. Attorney's Office was not readily available for comment. But according to the 6th Circuit's filing, even prosecutors urged Murphy to honor Proge’s request for new attorneys.

The case involves the infamous kingpin brothers, Carlos and Eric Powell, who were sentenced to life in 2014 for running what prosecutors called one of the largest drug rings in metro Detroit history. Proge was tried alongside the Powells. All three of them went on the the lam just before their guilty verdicts were read, triggering an international manhunt that ended with all three getting caught.

According to the government, the three men helped run a major drug trafficking operation that involved massive amounts of cocaine, heroin and marijuana which were stuffed into hidden compartments on tractor trailers and other vehicles and shuttled across the country. And the players lived large, the government said, using drug money to buy $800,000 worth of jewelry, boats and luxury vehicles including a Ferrari, Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Mercedes.


A lengthy DEA investigation uncovered a massive operation that ran from 2006-10 and involved 13 members, including a former Democratic state representative from Detroit.

That ex-lawmaker, Kenneth Daniels, was sentenced to a year in prison for helping hide Carlos Powell from authorities through crafty financial transactions. Daniels, who was charged with helping buy a Mercedes Benz for Carlos Powell, was previously convicted by a jury of structuring financial transactions.

Daniels was the only defendant who showed up to hear the jury's verdict.

The Powell brothers and Proge disappeared in May 2014, minutes before the jury delivered guilty verdicts. They were all caught within a month. Carlos Powell was captured in St. Louis; Eric Powell was arrested in Atlanta. Proge was arrested in St. Louis.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the group would send large amounts of drug proceeds to Arizona, Mexico and other places, where the money was used to buy more drugs.

Since 2006, law enforcement officers from across the country seized more than 12 kilograms of cocaine, 30 kilograms of heroin and 1,000 pounds of marijuana, all of which belonged to this drug ring. Authorities also seized more than $21 million in cash; more than $800,000 worth of jewelry; eight pieces of property in Michigan and Georgia valued in excess of $750,000; and 10 vehicles, including a 2004 Rolls-Royce, 2006 and 2008 Bentleys, a 2006 Ferrari, four Mercedes, a Ranger Rover and two boats.

The federal appeals court vacated Proge's conviction and remanded his case for further proceedings to the lower court.

Proge, meanwhile, is not a free man. He remains in custody and federal prosecutors plans to retry him, according to Gina Balaya, spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s office.

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Wait,WHAT????

After all that, the conviction is tossed.

His family should sell the rights to his story....because it's already more bizarre than most crime films I've seen and there should only be more twists and turns from this point.

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Detroit's Most Wanted captured: Dwayne Taylor arrested in Troy
7:40 PM, Mar 27, 2018

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DETROIT (WXYZ) - The leader of a notorious Detroit drug ring and one of our Detroit's Most Wanted is behind bars.

Dwayne Taylor was arrested Tuesday in Troy by the United States Marshall Service Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Task Force.

Taylor was pare of a huge drug ring out of Detroit that was busted by the DEA.

Two men responsible are serving life behind bars while the U.S. Marshals say their coconspirator kept the business running.

It was a high profile drug case and the Marshals told 7 Action News in December of 2016 that they had exhausted all their resources, along with the DEA.

“This organization that the Powell brothers were running that Taylor’s part of,” Deputy U.S. Marshal Aaron Garcia said. “One of the biggest organizations in Michigan for years.

It’s an organization the U.S. Marshals and DEA want to finally close the book on.

“This organization was known for moving drugs from Michigan to Arizona from Mexico, this was a national organization- these guys got contacts everywhere,” Garcia said.

The U.S. Marshals captured ring leaders Eric and Carlos Powell who are now serving life for the heroin ring.

That put Dwayne Taylor at the top of the most wanted list.

“Taylor would be in charge of moving the heroin from the semi trucks, getting them to the locations they need to go,” Garcia said.

Taylor was believed to be the leader of the drug ring still based here in Detroit.

“This is a guy who has resources, who has drugs, who has access to weapons that are filling our community here in the City of Detroit and getting pushed on the street,” Garcia said.

Dwayne Taylor is 5’7” and 185 pounds. He uses the alias Dale Hill or Weezy.

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its funny every east side dope dealer were claiming they got there dope from these guys

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