After a month-long manhunt Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond was nabbed by U.S. Marshals today (June 21).
Rosemond had been on the run since being indicted last month for his role in a cocaine distribution ring.
"The Rosemond Organization distributed hundreds of kilograms of cocaine since 2008 and generated millions of dollars through its narcotics sales," according to a 21-page complaint obtained by the New York Daily News.
While on the run Rosemond was implicated by a man named Dexter Isaacs as being involved in the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur at a recording studio in NYC. Isaacs claims Rosemond paid him $2500 to shoot the rap star.
Additionally two of Rosemond's associates, Rodney Johnson, 37 and Brian McLeod, 40, were charged last week in the 2009 murder of G-Unit affiliate Lowell "Lodi Mack" Fletcher.
Much like the federal informant the Daily News has accused Rosemond of being, he was snitched on by members of his own cocaine distribution ring. The group allegedly used road crates typically meant for musical instruments to ship cocaine and money coast to coast. The drugs and cash were vacuum sealed and covered in mustard to throw drug sniffing dogs off.
The Czar Entertainment boss had been hiding out at the W Hotel in New York when U.S. Marshals spotted him. He tried to run but was tackled, chipping a tooth on the ground when he fell.
According to NBC News, Feds were tipped off that Henchman was hiding out at the W Hotel in Union Square…They found him there and chased him up Park Avenue. When they caught him, Henchman “was carrying a fake I.D. and a passport application in a fake name, sources said….Authorities believed Rosemond, who lived in Brooklyn until he went on the run in recent months, was planning to leave Thursday for the Bahamas.”
In addition to the drug charges, Rosemond is accused of witness tampering and obstruction of justice, authorities said.
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