A Baltimore trio has been indicted for kidnapping and murdering a marijuana dealer in Queens in July and then fleeing the scene. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced on the 23rd that the three suspects in the case, Jerome Waters, Calvin Israel, and William Barnett, were indicted on charges of kidnapping, robbery, and murder.
The suspects, who were living in Baltimore at the time of the July incident, drove to New York on the 24th after making a fake appointment with a marijuana dealer in Queens for a marijuana transaction. Immediately after confronting the dealer, the suspects threatened him with a gun, tied him up, and stole about 30 pounds of marijuana from the dealer’s location.
The suspects then parked a U-Haul van on 208th Street near 32nd Drive, not far from Crocheron Park, shot and killed the dealer in the vehicle, and then fled to Maryland. According to prosecutors, among the three suspects indicted, Waters and Israel were arrested in Maryland on the 25th, while Barnett is currently on the run.
The suspects face up to life in prison if convicted.