Plymouth Man Indicted In Cocaine Case

A federal indictment unsealed yesterday charged seven individuals with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine.

Heriberto Sanchez, 24, of California; Musaaleh Waheed Muhammad, 35, of Brooklyn Park; William Elijah Carter, 27, of Plymouth; Rossco Antonio Ross, 34, of Columbia Heights; Charles Eric Jackson, Jr., 44, of Minneapolis; Gregory Leroy Carter, 25, of Brooklyn Park; and Travis Sentell Peeler, 32, of Green Bay, Wis. were charged with possessing five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute them.

Carter of Plymouth was also charged with one count of carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.

The indictment, filed on July 23, 2012, was unsealed following the defendants’ initial appearance in federal court.

According to the indictment, the defendants conspired to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine between March 2009 and March 2012. On Feb. 5, 2012, Carter allegedly possessed a Taurus, 9-millimeter pistol in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

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If convicted, each defendant faces a potential penalty of life in prison. Carter also faces a potential penalty of five years in prison if convicted for carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the Safe Streets Task Force, with assistance from the Wisconsin State Patrol and the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Safe Streets is a FBI-sponsored task force that focuses on combating violent street crime as well as gang and drug trafficking offenses. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney LeeAnn K. Bell.

(Information provided by a United States Department of Justice United States Attorney’s Office District of Minnesota press release.)