Louis Daniel Morales, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2019

A notorious Reading, PA internet rapper and alleged member of the Bloods gang has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking operation.

Louis Daniel Morales, 29, also known as 'Trouble' or 'King Troub93,' was sentenced by United States District Judge Edward G. Smith on 2019 to 15 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine.

Morales was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pennsylvania State Police as part of a conspiracy responsible for trafficking methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine in and around Berks County.

He pleaded guilty in October 2020 to three felony counts of manufacture, possession, and distribution of a controlled substance, stemming from the sale of more than 800 grams of methamphetamine and an additional quantity of heroin to an undercover Pennsylvania State Police Trooper on three separate occasions between May and June 2019.

For approximately three months, the FBI and State Police utilized a federal wiretap to intercept conversations between the defendant, drug suppliers, and customers, revealing that Morales had access to a seemingly endless supply of methamphetamine through several sources.

The recorded conversations further detailed that the defendant worked alongside his mother, who trafficked in marijuana, and other individuals with ties to a drug cartel in Mexico. Morales and his codefendants were arrested in September 2019, along with several other defendants charged elsewhere who were also under investigation for similar conduct involving methamphetamine distribution in Reading.

'Morales and his co-conspirators pumped huge quantities of deadly, addictive drugs into Reading and its surrounding communities,' said Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. 'Drug trafficking destroys lives and neighborhoods. Our Office is determined to protect the communities impacted by drug trafficking by investigating and convicting the criminals responsible for it.'

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/reading-pa-internet-rapper-and-member-bloods-gang-sentenced-15-years-drug-trafficking