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July 23, 2008
BOWLING GREEN DRUG DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING AND INTIMIDATING WITNESSES
– $49,800 worth of crack cocaine, ecstacy pills and methamphetamine
BOWLING GREEN, KY - Dominique Jamaal Todd, a/k/a Kilo Escobar, age 21, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, in Warren County, pled guilty to multiple charges of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine and ecstacy, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and additional charges of threatening and intimidating a material witness, U.S. Attorney David L. Huber of the Western District of Kentucky announced today.
Todd pled guilty to all eight counts in the indictment which included five drug trafficking charges involving three different drugs. Specifically, Todd admitted that on August 3, 7, and 23, 2007, he possessed with the intent to distribute 275 grams of crack cocaine, worth at least $27,500. Todd also admitted that on August 15, and 23, 2007, he possessed with the intent to distribute 235 ecstasy pills worth at least $3,100. The sixth drug charge Todd pled guilty to involved methamphetamine, wherein Todd admitted that on August 23, 2007, he possessed with intent to distribute 192 grams of methamphetamine worth at least $19,200 on the street.
In addition to the six drug charges, Todd also admitted to intimidating and attempting to intimidate and threaten a material witness involved with this case. Specifically, Todd admitted that he directed two phone calls be placed to the material witness who had purchased the drugs from Todd. Todd then had the caller ask the material witness if he was going to be "man enough to come testify. . . when he [Kilo] go to trial?" When the confidential informant indicated that he did not know what the defendant was talking about, the defendant further threatened and attempted to intimidate the material witness by warning him that "when you go to your son's funeral, you will find out." This telephone call was made with the intent to influence and prevent the testimony of the material witness at the pending jury trial of Todd.
In the event of a conviction, the maximum potential penalties are life imprisonment, a $16,500,000 fine, and supervised release for a period of at least 5 years.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel P. Kinnicutt, and it was investigated by the Warren County Drug Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Todd is scheduled to be sentence before Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., on November 10, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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