24 Black Guerilla Family Gang Associates Including
Four MD Dept. of Corrections Employees Indicted
DEA Arrests 20; Executes 13 Search Warrants as Part of the Operation

APR 16 -- Baltimore, Maryland – A culmination of a two day enforcement operation which began on April 15, 2009, by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Baltimore District Office, resulted in the execution of 13 Federal Search and Seizure Warrants and the arrest of 20 individuals announced Ava A. Cooper-Davis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington Division along with Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Baltimore District Office, Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Gary D. Maynard, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and Frederick H. Bealefeld III, Commissioner, Baltimore City Police Department. This investigation involved drug trafficking inside and outside of Maryland Prisons. Officials from the Maryland Department of Corrections also searched a total of 16 cells inside institutions across the state. A majority of those arrested today are members of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) which is by far the most organized prison gang within the State of Maryland Prison System.  >> Full Story

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