Houston cocaine trafficker faces life sentence after being convicted of murder for hire

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During a six-day trial, jurors determined the Houston man's role in stuffing a zip-tied man into a trunk, shots being fired during a chase and hiring a murderer in part of an illicit cocaine business.

A cocaine supplier in Houston has been sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of multiple violent crimes, according to the United States Attorney's Office.

One of Brown's drivers testified in front of the jury. He said he was robbed of about 56 kilograms of cocaine on April 18, 2014, which Brown suspected was conspired by two of his associates. The associate was able to escape from the trunk, and was taken away by good Samaritan who picked him up, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

One of the kidnappers told the jury that after the series of events, Brown told him to dump the vehicle and gun used during the shooting.Man killed after being ambushed outside northwest Houston parole officeProsecutors said testimony revealed Brown knew of the man's next parole visit and hired a shooter through a middleman, and provided him with a handgun.Eyewitness News covered the man's death, which happened outisde of a parole office in northwest Houston.

 

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