“We are facing significant challenges here in Baltimore with drug dealing and violence in our streets, but as we saw this week, with the convictions of eight members of the Barronette drug crew who were responsible for nine murders, and the guilty pleas of the corrupt police officer who worked with GTTF, and the gang member who killed three-year-old McKenzie Elliott, we can make progress. Working together as a community, with our law enforcement partners and with the many courageous law-abiding citizens of Baltimore, we must continue our efforts to stop those who bring violence and drugs to our communities."
BACKGROUND
The Maryland U.S. Attorney’s office and our law enforcement partners have obtained positive results this week in our efforts to reduce violent crime in Baltimore through the convictions and guilty pleas of 10 violent gang members and one corrupt police officer.
On Nov. 2, 2018, we brought to justice the killer of three-year-old McKenzie Elliott, who was shot to death as she stood on her front porch, when she was struck by an errant bullet during a gang dispute. Terrell Plummer admitted that he killed McKenzie Elliott, and Tyrone Jamison admitted that he supplied the gun used in the shooting. Both men were members of the Old York Money Gang, a violent gang that operated in the Waverly neighborhood and sustained itself largely through the distribution and sale of drugs, as well as through murder and other violent crimes.
On Nov. 1, 2018, former Philadelphia Police officer Eric Snell, pleaded guilty to a drug distribution conspiracy, after three days of trial. Snell admitted to selling drugs seized by members of the disgraced Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF).
On Oct. 31, 2018, after 24 days of trial, a federal jury convicted eight members of Trained To Go (TTG), a violent criminal organization which operated in the Sandtown neighborhood of West Baltimore, whose members engaged in drug distribution and acts of violence including murder, armed robbery, and witness intimidation. Their leader, Montana Barronette, was found personally responsible for seven murders, and in all, the jury found the defendants responsible for a total of nine murders in Baltimore.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
