UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF MARYLAND

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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CRIMINAL COMPLAINTCASE

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I, the undersigned complainant, being duly sworn state the following is true and correct tothe best of my knowledge and belief. On or about February 19,2009, defendant(s),TRENELL D. MURPHY, did knowingly, intentionally and unlawfully possess with intent todistribute a mixture or substance containing 5 or more kilograms cocaine, a Schedule IIcontrolled substance,'!in violation of21 U.S.c. 9841iri the District of Maryland in the United States of America.I further state that I a!TIa Task Force Officer of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and. Official Titlethat this Complaint is based on the following facts:SEE ATTACHED AFFIDAVITContinued on the attached sheet and made a part hereof: ~ Yes

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AFFIDAVIT

This affidavit is submitted in support of a criminal complaint charging Trenell D. Murphy(Murphy) with possession with intent to distribute 5 or more kilograms of cocaine, a Schedule IIcontrolled substance, in violation 0[21 U.S.c. S841.Your affiant, Task Force Officer William Bearde (Bearde) has been a duly sworn memberof the Baltimore Police Department since 2002. -V6uraffiant is currently assigned a Baltimore-area DEA task force. As such, your affiant is a law enforcement officer of the United Stateswithin the meaning of Section 2510(7) of Title 18 of the United States Code, that is, an officerempowered by law to conduct investigations of, and make arrests for, offenses enumerated inSection 2516 of Title 18.During your affiant's tenure as a law enforcement agent, he has effected or participated inthe arrest of over five-hundred (500) individuals for criminal narcotics violations. Your affianthas participated in the execution of over 250 search warrants that have targeted violations andviolators of Maryland's and the United States' criminal controlled substance laws. Theexecution of those warrants has resulted in the seizure of a variety of controlh;~ddangeroussubstances and related paraphernalia to include: crack cocaine, powder cocaine, liquid cocaine,heroin, marijuana, PCP, MDMA, other controlled substances, narcotics paraphernalia,documents, U.S. currency, firearms and other weapons related to drug trafficking. Your affiant isalso thereby familiar with both packaging and distribution methods utilized by drug traffickers.Your affiant has attended and successfully completed over 200 hours of specialized training inthe field of narcotics law enforcement. Your affiant has testified as an expert in the area of narcotics law enforcement in Maryland's District and Circuit Courts, Maryland's Juvenile Courtand the United States District Court for Maryland.What is related below concerns the arrest of Murphy and the law enforcement actionssurrounding that arrest. It is based not upon your affiant's observations, but upon his discussionwith detectives who have first-hand knowledge of the facts described below. It does not include

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every detail known toyour affiant about the described investigation.During the autumn of2007, detectives of the Baltimore (Maryland) Police Departmentreceived information from a confidential informant that an individual he/she knew as "Chuck"was distributing large amounts of cocaine city-wide. The informant further indicated that"Chuck's" base of operations was the west-side of Baltimore, and that "Chuck" resided with hismother in that area. The residence of "Chuck's" mother was identified by the informant 3041

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Presstman Street. The detectives subsequently identified "Chuck" as Trenell D. Murphy. Duringthe course of their investigation, the detectives actually saw Murphy going to and from thatresidence.According to tpose detectives, the confidential informant had a long track record (inexcess of one year) of,isupplying accurate information to law enforcement. Information impartedby this confidential informant had been independently corroborated by other informants and byother investigative techniques. For that reason, this confidential informant was considered by thedetectives to be reliable.After receiving this information, the detectives were transferred to the east-side of Baltimore, and at that time took no further investigative measures with respect to Murphy. Whenin early 2009, the detectives were transferred back to the west-side of Ba~timore, they renewedtheir attention toward Murphy.

the eveningthours of February 19, 2009, detectives set up surveillance in the vicinity of 3041 Presstman Street. Those detectives observed parked alongside 3041 Presstman Street ablack Chevy truck bearing MD registration 88V422. According to Motor VehicleAdministration records that truck was listed to Trenell David Murphy. During the course of theirsurveillance, the detectives observed Murphy exit from the front door of 3041 Presstman Streetand go to the driver's side door of a blue HondaOdyssey minivan which was parked in front of the house. Murphy then re-entered the dwelling through the front door. According to MVArecords, that Honda minivan is also registered to Murphy:

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