IN ATLANTA — Federal officials said Tuesday that six people, including an officer at a Georgia detention center and several members of the GoodFellas gang, have been charged with plotting to kill two of the officer’s coworkers for money and other drug and gun crimes.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia said in a news statement that Latasha Baker, 38, of Hampton, Georgia, worked at the Fulton County Jail and that Matthew Freeman, 36, of Glennville, Georgia, was in Valdosta State Prison serving a sentence for armed robbery. Prosecutors say those two agreed with Milledgeville resident Wayne Alford, 27, who was being held without bond, to hire and pay people to kill at least two detention officers who got in the way of Alford’s drug and illegal goods trading operations.
If you asked the sheriff’s office about Baker’s job, they didn’t answer right away. The criminals talked on illegal cell phones while they were in jail and prison.
The news statement says that Carlos Pearson, 33, of College Park, and Jayden Barnes, 19, of Atlanta, agreed to kill the people for $1,000 each.
The plan failed when the jail officers who were supposed to be targeted found tracking devices on the bottom of their cars.
A federal grand jury returned a six-count charge on October 22. On Monday, the indictment was made public.
Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat said, “It is unthinkable and deplorable that one of our detention officers would plan to have one or more of her cobs killed.” “This indictment shows how serious the accusations are and how important it is for people to be held accountable.” We need to make sure that people who are responsible for keeping the public safe follow the highest standards of behavior. Anyone who breaks this trust will be punished quickly.
Alford, Freeman, and Baker were all charged with two counts of plotting to hire someone to kill someone, one count of plotting to bring drugs into the country, and one count of plotting to carry a gun during a drug crime.
Source: 6 indicted for allegedly conspiring to kill detention center officers in Georgia
