So-called drug kingpin eludes arrest

Published December 28, 2011 5:00am ET



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.

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