15 Gang Members Indicted On Numerous Charges: Official

GLEN BURNIE, MD — More than a dozen individuals including a few from Glen Burnie face multiple charges ranging from participation in a criminal organization, assault, conspiracy to distribute drugs and firearm-related counts.

According to Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh, the individuals were members of an organized criminal and illegal drug organization.

“They were violent and terrorized residents of the community in which they conducted their illegal activity," Frosh said.

Anne Arundel Police Chief Amal Awad said the lengthy investigation resulted in the dismantling of a "violent drug trafficking organization."

The investigation into the drug-trafficking organization began as a result of the November 2019 homicide of Xavier Green, who was shot and killed at his home in the Morris Hill community of Glen Burnie. The investigation revealed that Green was a member of a drug-trafficking organization and was planning to move out of the neighborhood the next day. Investigators later learned that the firearm used to kill Green was recovered near the scene of a shootout in Baltimore City that claimed the life of an innocent bystander, Carolyn McFadden. That firearm was one of more than 50 firearms stolen during the burglary of a gun store in Baltimore County in November 2018.

An investigation revealed that the criminal organization distributed drugs, mainly marijuana and oxycodone, on a nearly daily basis to customers in and around the Morris Hill community in Anne Arundel as well as in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. According to Frosh, the organization utilized threats and violence to control their territory and to punish adversaries or even their own members.

A leader of the organization gave a “green light” to approve the kidnapping and assault of a member by other members for actions the organization deemed a threat to the group, Frosh said. Members of the organization plotted to seriously injure two adversaries who had an ongoing feud with a member. As part of their control over the Morris Hill neighborhood, the organization monitored people entering and exiting the area and at one time threatened an undercover detective who was in the area in his vehicle, he said.

Members possessed firearms to protect their drug distribution territory and utilized houses in Anne Arundel and Baltimore County to store weapons, drugs and ammunition. During the months-long investigation, members of the criminal organization frequently fled from police in their vehicles and carried firearms and illegal drugs in their vehicles. A total of six firearms were recovered during the investigation along with ammunition, approximately 15 pounds of marijuana, 167 grams of cocaine, 270 grams of oxycodone, as well as morphine and Tramadol.

The individuals indicted are:
Aaron Berg, Glen Burnie
Je’Kwon Desean Austin, Glen Burnie
Deniko Darrel Carter, Baltimore City
Purnell Jermaine Carter, Jr., Baltimore City
Purnell Jermaine Carter, Sr., Owings Mill
Shirley Carter, Glen Burnie
Thomas Carter, Glen Burnie
Marice Tavon Coates, Baltimore
Marcus Enoch Jones, Anne Arundel
Tracey Lee Loadholt, Anne Arundel
Shytiea McKeever, Baltimore City
Maurice Richardson, Baltimore City
Jeremiah Jayden Shuron, Anne Arundel
Steven Stasevich, Baltimore County
Bryant Gregory Whitfield, Glen Burnie