A New York man, Marc Henry Johnson, has pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to a narcotics offense, following the overdose death of a woman in Manhattan.
Johnson, 26, admitted to helping his cocaine dealer, James Holder, cover up the crime by moving the victim’s body out of a Chelsea apartment building.
Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said, ‘Marc Henry Johnson’s immediate response to seeing a dying overdose victim should have been to summon help. Instead, Johnson helped his cocaine dealer cover up the drug crime by moving the victim’s body.’
The incident occurred on October 3, 2015, when Johnson, a regular buyer of cocaine from Holder, met a 38-year-old woman at a Manhattan bar. The woman had been using cocaine before Johnson arrived, and later they left the bar together and went to Holder’s apartment building.
Hours later, Johnson and Holder dragged the woman’s apparently unconscious body into the building’s first-floor vestibule. Holder then left the building, and Johnson called 911 to summon an ambulance, but declined to provide his name or describe his relationship to the woman.
Johnson is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Jesse M. Furman on June 26, 2016, and faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Holder, who pleaded guilty to maintaining a drug-involved premises on December 12, 2016, is also scheduled to be sentenced on May 4, 2017, and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Strike Force, comprising agents and officers from various law enforcement agencies, praised the outstanding investigative work that led to the guilty plea and the eventual sentencing of the defendants.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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