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Baltimore Man Sentenced to 29 Years for Racketeering Conspiracy
Greenbelt, Maryland – On October 28, 2022, U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Bobby Cannon, 24, also known as Freaky, to 29 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for participating in a violent racketeering conspiracy, specifically, the Normandy, Franklin, and Loudon (NFL) Criminal Enterprise, including committing two murders.
The NFL Criminal Enterprise, which has social and familial ties to the Edmondson Village neighborhood in swest Baltimore, engaged in a pattern of criminal racketeering activity including murder, narcotics trafficking, and smuggling, illegal firearms possession, bribery, witness intimidation, and witness retaliation.
According to his guilty plea, from at least 2016 through March 26, 2020, Bobby Cannon was a member of the NFL Criminal Enterprise. Cannon admitted that he participated in illegal activities with other NFL Enterprise members, including committing two murders and an attempted murder, and distributing large quantities of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine.
As detailed in Cannon’s plea agreement, in 2018, co-defendant James Roberts and other NFL members offered money for the murder of an individual who was believed to be a federal witness cooperating with law enforcement regarding NFL. On June 16, 2018, Cannon walked up to the porch of a house in Edmondson Village, where the individual and his girlfriend were sitting. Cannon shot them both multiple times, killing them.
Cannon admitted that he was paid by Roberts for committing the murders, which was in furtherance of the NFL Criminal Enterprise. Cannon also planned and attempted to murder another individual in exchange for money and in furtherance of the NFL Criminal Enterprise. The individual survived the shooting after being shot multiple times.
The FBI arrested members of the NFL Criminal Enterprise in April 2019, but not Cannon. Following the arrests, Cannon continued to distribute narcotics for the NFL. On December 28, 2019, Baltimore Police officers found Cannon unconscious in a parked van. During their interaction, officers recovered a gun and over 98 grams of fentanyl from Cannon’s van.
Cannon admitted in his plea agreement that over the course of the racketeering conspiracy, Cannon and his co-conspirators distributed over one kilogram of heroin, more than 200 grams of fentanyl, and 50 kilograms of cocaine.
Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Violent Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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