Cordero Hodge, Cocaine Trafficking, New Jersey 2016

Two Camden men, Cordero Hodge and Jameel Pierce, have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to rob a drug stash house of multiple kilograms of cocaine in New Jersey.

Cordero Hodge, 25, was sentenced to 160 months in prison, while Jameel Pierce, 25, received a 140-month sentence. The two men had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, as well as possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

According to court documents, Hodge and Pierce planned a gunpoint robbery of a drug stash house in October 2013. The investigation, led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), resulted in the recovery of a sawed-off shotgun from Pierce and a .40 caliber firearm from Hodge.

During the investigation, Pierce was recorded saying that he and Hodge would “off them,” referring to killing the occupants of the stash house. Hodge was also recorded seeking a silencer for his firearm, stating that he could use a potato, but that it would not silence a .40 caliber firearm.

The ATF arrested Hodge and Pierce on October 18, 2013, at a meeting location in Maple Shade, New Jersey. A subsequent ballistics comparison linked the same .40 caliber firearm recovered on October 18, 2013 to evidence recovered from the scene of the August 25, 2013 murder of Surinder Singh, who worked as an attendant at Garden State Fuel gas station in Woodbury, New Jersey.

In addition to the prison terms, Judge Jerome B. Simandle sentenced Pierce and Hodge to five years of supervised release. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman credited the ATF with the investigation leading to today’s sentences, and thanked the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, the Cherry Hill Police Department, and the Maple Shade Police Department for their assistance.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin C. Danilewitz of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Camden. Defense counsel for Hodge is Teri S. Lodge Esq., while Pierce is represented by John F. Renner Esq.

Mandatory Facts:

Defendant/Respondent: Cordero Hodge

Criminal Charges: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime

City and State: Camden, New Jersey

Exact Date: October 2013 (crime date), May 2016 (sentencing)

Sentence or Outcome: 160 months in prison for Cordero Hodge, 140 months in prison for Jameel Pierce

Dollar Amounts: None

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