So-called drug kingpin eludes arrest

The U.S. Marshals Service’s Fugitive Task Force is on the hunt for a Maryland man accused of running large amounts of drugs up and down the East Coast, and they are asking the public for information that can lead to his arrest.

Thirty-five-year-old Austin Roberts has an interest in the rap music industry and has ties from New York to Florida. In June, he was indicted in a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Baltimore, and he is wanted in Wicomico County for distribution of narcotics and being a suspected drug kingpin, marshals officials said.