BUFFALO — Fifty-five-year-old Earl Brown, Sr. of Houston, Texas, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and money laundering conspiracy, was sentenced to 135 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney George C. Burgasser, who handled the case, Franklin Richards was a major supplier of cocaine to a drug trafficking organization in Buffalo known as L.R.G.P., a violent street gang named after the East Side streets of Lombard, Rother, Gibson and Playter. Richards obtained multiple kilograms of cocaine on a regular basis from the defendant Earl Brown which was shipped or transported from the Houston area to Buffalo. Richards then distributed cocaine to Dewayne Gray, who was the leader of the L.R.G.P. organization. Gray, in turn, processed much of the cocaine into crack cocaine which was later sold by various L.R.G.P. members. The cocaine was sold at various locations in the Broadway/Fillmore area of Buffalo.
Brown was also involved in money laundering activities. On December 14, 2012, Franklin Richards attempted to send $112,000 in drug proceeds to the defendant but the money was seized at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
Brown was arrested along with seven other defendants; all have been convicted.
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