CAMDEN—An Atlantic City man today
admitted his involvement in a scheme to distribute heroin in New Jersey, U.S.
Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Jamir Harmon, 21, pleaded guilty before
Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez to an information charging him
with one count of conspiring to distribute at least 100 grams but less than 400
grams of heroin. Harmon was previously charged in a complaint for the heroin
distribution conspiracy.
According to documents filed in this
case and statements made in court:
FBI special agents and members of the
Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office wiretapped Harmon’s telephone conversations
with a co-conspirator. The monitored calls and other law enforcement
information revealed that Harmon and his co-conspirators were distributing
large amounts of heroin. Agents overheard Harmon agreeing to deliver heroin to
others, to gather money from others for heroin, and to purchase heroin. Agents
observed Harmon meeting with his co-conspirators on numerous occasions.
Harmon was connected to the Jamal Reid
Organization and admitted today to conspiring with members of that
organization. A federal grand yesterday returned a superseding indictment
against eight members of that organization.
The conspiracy count to which Harmon
pleaded guilty is punishable by a mandatory minimum prison term of five years,
a maximum term of 40 years, and a $5 million fine. Sentencing is currently
scheduled for October 22, 2012.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special
agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael B.
Ward; and the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office with the investigation
leading to today’s guilty plea.
The government is represented by
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jason M. Richardson and Alyson M. Oswald of the U.S.
Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Camden.
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