'Wire' actress on drug charges
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March 13, 2011, Sunday
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ACTRESS Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, who played a murderous member of a Baltimore drug gang in the hit HBO series "The Wire," is shocked to be facing charges of conspiring to sell heroin, her attorney said on Friday.
"She's a little bit dismayed at being in position that she didn't place herself in," attorney Paul Gardner said.
Pearson, 30, who was ordered held without bail on Friday in Baltimore, Maryland, denies the charges. Her attorney plans to file a writ of habeas corpus and motion for bail review tomorrow.
Pearson is one of 64 people charged on Thursday in "Operation Usual Suspects," a joint state-federal prosecution of an alleged east Baltimore drug gang. Of the 38 people arrested by Thursday, 22, including Pearson, are facing state charges. An indictment charges her with conspiring with two men to distribute heroin and aiding and abetting.
The federal indictment states that since 2008, members of the conspiracy bought heroin from New York and marijuana from California and sold the drugs in Baltimore. The indictment also alleges members discussed how those who failed to perform required tasks were dealt with violently.
Gardner missed Pearson's hearing on Friday afternoon. But on a recording of the proceedings, Gardner said, the judge mentioned that the state has audio of Pearson putting in a large amount of money to fund the drug operation. She told him she doesn't know what prosecutors are talking about because she doesn't sell drugs, he said.
"I'm not sure where this money is supposed to come from," Gardner said, noting the tough economy. "She's not particularly blessed with deep pockets at this point."
This is not Pearson's first brush with the law. She was convicted of second-degree murder in a slaying committed when she was 14. She served five years of an eight-year sentence and was released in 2000.
"She's a little bit dismayed at being in position that she didn't place herself in," attorney Paul Gardner said.
Pearson, 30, who was ordered held without bail on Friday in Baltimore, Maryland, denies the charges. Her attorney plans to file a writ of habeas corpus and motion for bail review tomorrow.
Pearson is one of 64 people charged on Thursday in "Operation Usual Suspects," a joint state-federal prosecution of an alleged east Baltimore drug gang. Of the 38 people arrested by Thursday, 22, including Pearson, are facing state charges. An indictment charges her with conspiring with two men to distribute heroin and aiding and abetting.
The federal indictment states that since 2008, members of the conspiracy bought heroin from New York and marijuana from California and sold the drugs in Baltimore. The indictment also alleges members discussed how those who failed to perform required tasks were dealt with violently.
Gardner missed Pearson's hearing on Friday afternoon. But on a recording of the proceedings, Gardner said, the judge mentioned that the state has audio of Pearson putting in a large amount of money to fund the drug operation. She told him she doesn't know what prosecutors are talking about because she doesn't sell drugs, he said.
"I'm not sure where this money is supposed to come from," Gardner said, noting the tough economy. "She's not particularly blessed with deep pockets at this point."
This is not Pearson's first brush with the law. She was convicted of second-degree murder in a slaying committed when she was 14. She served five years of an eight-year sentence and was released in 2000.
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