A Williamsburg man who police believe was involved in the shooting death of a James City County 20-year-old was indicted Wednesday in connection with a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy on the Virginia Peninsula.
Jordan Davis, 24, who allegedly has ties to the Bloods street gang, is charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs, distribution of a cocaine base, and possession of a firearm by a felon, according to a United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia news release.
James City County Police believe Davis was involved in an Oct. 23 altercation at the Burnt Ordinary Apartments in Toano, which ended in the death of Adren Garnett. A second man, an 18-year-old, was also shot but survived.
Now, Davis has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a peninsula-wide drug trafficking and money laundering scheme. If convicted, Davis faces up to life plus 30 years in prison, the release said.
Investigators believe Davis and eight others used a Peninsula Town Center gym called 9Rounds Gym to conduct drug deals.
Alex Burnett, 37, along with his father, Robert Burnett, 64, his mother, Shirley Burnett, 62, Ada Rodriguez, 36, and Eleonora Paronuzzi, 36, laundered the money made from drug distribution.
Alex Burnett, Mario Barrett, 41, and Davis are also charged with possessing firearms as convicted felons. Barrett is additionally charged with possessing an assault rifle in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, the release said.
Charles McMillan, 54, and Charles Bailey, Jr, 30, both of Newport News, are also charged with conspiring to distribute and distributing heroin, cocaine, cocaine base and marijuana.
All defendants are residents of eastern Virginia except Rodriguez, who is a Florida resident.
An arrest affidavit for Davis filed Nov. 9 states an FBI task force opened an investigation into various members of a “Bloods” criminal street gang in Hampton Roads in September 2014.
Court documents filed online state the scheme was investigated by the FBI Norfolk Division Safe Streets Peninsula Task Force, which is comprised of agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Homeland Security Investigations, Newport News Police Department, Hampton Police Division, Virginia State Police and James City County Police Department.
The investigation targeted members and associated of the gang who were trafficking “large amounts” of illegal firearms and narcotics, the affidavit states. The alleged trafficking involved several states including Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Georgia and California.
Davis, a convicted felon, is a member of the 59 Brims gang, a faction of the Bloods, the affidavit states.
A confidential source also purchased crack cocaine from Davis in January 2017, the affidavit states.
On Oct. 23, Davis and two other men went to a house at Burnt Ordinary Apartments to settle a gang-related dispute, according to the affidavit.
Davis allegedly instructed his two “associates” to shoot Garnett and the 18-year-old with him.
Marques Raquan Stephens-Graves, 21, and Malcom Shemar Lee, 19, both of James City County, are facing felony charges in the Williamsburg-James City County General District Court, including second-degree murder.
Following the shooting, investigators interviewed Davis, who admitted he was involved in the Burnt Ordinary altercation and also received cocaine from Alex Burnett, Charles McMillan and Charles Bailey, Jr “for the purpose of reselling it for profit.”
