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Indictments Arrests Fugitives Convictions Guilty Pleas 66 45 23 98 Property seized Drugs seized Funds laundered - 7 airplanes - 20 automobiles - 3 residences - 1 4,600 acre ranch estimated to be valued at $4.1 million - 1 58 foot yacht valued at approximately $700,000 10.2 kilos of cocaine - wholesale value of $900,000 $178 $123 $ 55 Cash seized each day of shut down through arrests and surveillances - $1.1 million Received through laundering operation 3-4 days prior to shut down - $4.9 million Total - $6 million Cash Frozen in bank accounts - $11 million million - total million belongs to subjects million dollars - informants As of 8/30/82, 17 out of 66 individuals indicted have been convicted for violations of Federal Narcotics Statutes. Further trials are forthcoming. In Miami's Operation Sidelight, the Miami Division obtained extensive Title III coverage over a period of several monthslwhich identified involved Dade County Public Safety Department police personnel and narcotics dealers. The total number of subjects either indicted or convicted to date is 18. Another significant Miami investigation involves the Pee Wee Griffin narcotics cartel. On 2/4/82, 66 subjects were indicted and charged with violation of Federal RICO and Narcotics Statutes. Folder: Organized Crime Series: Correspondence Files of Ken Starr, 1981-83 Acc. #60-88-0498 Box 5 RG 60 Department of Justice
* . SAVANNAH In October, 1981, a Federal Grand Jury in Savannah, Georgia, indicted 18 individuals (including five former state and county law enforcement officials) on a ten-count felony indictment. Nine of these individuals were charged with violation of the RICO Statute wherein the predicate offenses included drug smuggling, Hobbs Act, Interstate Transportation of-Stolen Property, Arson, Obstruction of Justice, and State Bribery. Restraining orders were issued for interests and properties of certain individuals in connection with these indictments. This investigation was conducted in cooperation with the DEA, IRS and GBI. To date 15 'ubjects have been convicted with substantial fines and forfeitures imposed. ATLANTA Atlanta's investigation captioned "Larry Darwood Tew" was a joint investigation by the Atlanta FBI and DEA targeted against local corrupt public officials involved in narcotics trafficking in Henry County, Georgia. UCAs posing as quaalude smugglers were introduced by a drug dealer to Probate Judge Larry Darwood Tew, Henry County, Georgia. Tew was to provide protection for a shipment of quaaludes that the targets of this investigation believed were being smuggled into the area. Consensually monitored conversations were obtained with Tew and Henry County Chief of Police Herschel Childs, both of whom agreed to provide protection for the drug shipment for $30,000. Childs provided protection for the drug off loader who was another UCA and thereafter followed the shipment to the Atlanta, Georgia, area. Subsequently, Childs joined Tew at the hotel room at which time Tew and Childs were arrested for violation of Title 21, U. S. Code, Section 963 (Conspiracy to Import Methaqualone). As :a resuAt of this investigation, 6 subjects were convicted in U. S. District Court including a sheriff, chief of police, and probate judge. Folder: Organized Crime Series: Correspondence Files of Ken Starr, 1981-83 Acc. #60-88-0498 Box 5 RG 60 Department of Justice
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