Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty to Drug-and-Firearms Charges After Concealing Cocaine in His Underwear
BALTIMORE — In Baltimore, Maryland, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 9 that Robert Young, 35, pleaded guilty to federal drug-and-gun charges after he attempted to conceal a narcotics package in his underwear.
Young pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
According to his guilty plea, in October 2024, a Baltimore Police Department detective operating a CitiWatch camera in the Eastern District of Baltimore observed Young conducting multiple hand-to-hand narcotics transactions, reaching into his pants and pulling out a clear plastic bag containing narcotics vials to give to numerous customers in exchange for cash. After observing four separate transactions, the detective alerted an arrest team.
Young got onto a bike and tried to ride away but was quickly apprehended. After officers handcuffed him, an officer observed the handle of a firearm sticking out of his right pants pocket; the firearm was loaded with one cartridge in the chamber and nine live cartridges in the magazine. A search also found a prescription bottle containing 13 green Clonazepam tablets and a white methamphetamine tablet.
Based on the camera detective's observations, officers knew Young was concealing a package of narcotics inside his pants, although he denied it several times. Under department policy, officers transported him to the district for a strip search. After a lieutenant approved the search, officers removed a clear plastic bag from his underwear containing 25 orange-top cocaine vials, 11 red-top cocaine vials, eight orange plastic flip-top containers with cocaine, a clear knotted bag containing cocaine, and two Buprenorphine strips.
Young faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, along with a minimum of five years and a maximum of life for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Sentencing is set for February 18, 2027, at 10 a.m.
U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes for the District of Maryland announced the plea with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Baltimore Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Simpkins is prosecuting the case.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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