Mail Carrier Among 4 Arrested In Scheme To Smuggle Methamphetamine Through Mail

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GREENBELT, Md. (WJZ) — Four men were arrested Friday successful transportation with a June indictment alleging that they conspired to vessel methamphetamine done the U.S. message to a message bearer they allegedly bribed to re-route the packages to conspirators.

Charged are:

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  • Robert DuBois Miller III, 30, of Bowie
  • Isaiah David Hamilton, 24, of Upper Marlboro
  • Raynard Jordan Johnson, 24, of Upper Marlboro
  • Walter Ellis Minor III, 30, of Lanham

The indictment was returned June 23 and unsealed with their arrests.

Between August 2019 and February 2020, Miller, Hamilton and Johnson were allegedly portion of a conspiracy to administer methamphetamine. Between October 2019 and January 2020, Miller allegedly mailed packages containing methamphetamine from Los Angeles station offices to addresses successful Bowie and Lanham connected routes assigned to Minor, a message carrier.

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Miller allegedly addressed the packages successful the names of assorted radical to addresses connected Minor’s routes. Once the packages were mailed, Miller allegedly told Minor however galore packages helium sent and offered the tracking numbers. When the packages arrived successful Maryland, Minor allegedly told Miller wherever helium oregon his associates could prime up the packages. These were locations different than the addresses written connected the packages. If Minor was not capable to prime up the bundle for transportation himself, helium would archer Miller, who would past nonstop idiosyncratic to the determination wherever the bundle was acceptable to beryllium delivered, successful bid to bargain it.

Prosecutors assertion to person grounds Miller paid Minor for redirecting packages connected aggregate occasions.

If convicted, Miller, Hamilton and Johnson could each look 10 years to beingness successful national situation connected the charges of conspiracy and possession with intent to administer 500 grams oregon much of methamphetamine. Additionally, Miller and Minor each look up to 20 years, if convicted, for conspiracy to perpetrate message fraud. If convicted, Miller would besides look up to 15 years connected each of 3 counts charging him with bribing a nationalist official, arsenic would Minor, if convicted, for 3 counts of accepting bribes.

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An archetypal quality was acceptable for 1:30 p.m. astatine U.S. District Court successful Greenbelt.

CBS Baltimore Staff

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