Nine indicted on drug, conspiracy charges in shooting death of Oakland officer
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A federal grand jury in Oakland indicted nine people on a slew of drug and conspiracy charges related to a series of burglaries at a marijuana grow facility in 2023 that led to the death of an undercover police officer, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.Federal prosecutors allege that over the course of about four hours on Dec.29, 2023 the group burglarized a waterfront grow facility located on Embarcadero in Oakland, leaving with at least 100 marijuana plants.
Allen Brown, Sebron Russell and Marquise Cooper allegedly organized the armed burglaries, recruiting Janiero Booth, Jowaun Jones, Shawn McGee and Salvador Munguia to help them throughout the morning, according to the indictment.Brown, Russell, Cooper, Booth, Jones, McGee and Munguia are charged with conspiring to distribute, possession with intent to distribute, and attempting to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 marijuana plants, the indictment states.Brown is also charged with discharging a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime.
Russell is charged with brandishing a firearm.Jasmine Kumar, the suspected gunman’s girlfriend, and his mother Felicia Sanders, were charged with accessory after the fact for allegedly helping to prevent his apprehension, including providing him with a one-way plane ticket, according to the Department of Justice.Attorneys representing the group could not immediately be reached for comment.
California All charges have been dismissed against one of four suspects in the 2023 slaying of Oakland police Officer Tuan Le, Alameda County D.A.says.Federal prosecutors allege that while the group had stolen marijuana from the unit twice during those early morning hours, it was their third visit that turned deadly.
Shortly before 4:30 a.m., when the group returned to burglarize the unit again, Oakland officers responded to the scene.Officer Tuan Le and his partn...