Baltimore, Maryland – In a shocking turn of events, Cornell Harvey, a/k/a ‘Little Head,’ age 28, of Baltimore, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his gang activities as a member of the UDH organization, which operates in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore.
Harvey also admitted his participation in a murder. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge William P. McMullan of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – Baltimore Field Division; Commissioner Kevin Davis of the Baltimore Police Department; and Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby.
‘Disputes between rival drug gangs lead to many shootings and murders in Baltimore City,’ said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. ‘Thanks to a lengthy and intensive investigation, we will hold accountable the criminals who turned Cherry Hill into a war zone.’
According to his plea agreement, from at least 2007 to 2013 Harvey was a member of the UDH organization, which operates in the area of Cherry Hill known as ‘Up the Hill’ or ‘Up da Hill.’ UDH members and associates have been in a long-running dispute with members of an organization known as ‘Coppin Court’ that is involved in criminal activity in the part of Cherry Hill known as ‘Down the Hill,’ and since at least January 2011, have been in a dispute with members of ‘Little Spelman,’ another organization that is involved in criminal activity in the Down the Hill section of Cherry Hill.
Harvey admitted that as a member of UDH he sold crack cocaine, heroin and other narcotics with UDH members. In addition to selling drugs, Harvey admitted that on October 5, 2010, he and co-defendant Dominic Evans committed an armed robbery of two individuals who were selling marijuana in the area, but who were not UDH members.
Harvey and the government have agreed that if the Court accepts the plea agreement Harvey will be sentenced to 262 months in prison. U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III has scheduled sentencing for June 17, 2016, at 11:00 a.m.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Organized Crime|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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