June 30, 2009
DEA Special Agent Douglas S. Collier, M.A.
Public Information Officer
TEL: (973) 776-1143
Leader of Camden Drug Gang Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison on
Drug Charge
JUN 30  -- (CAMDEN) - Gerard P. McAleer, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New Jersey Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr., announced a leader of a Camden drug trafficking organization was sentenced to life in federal prison for his conviction on a federal drug conspiracy charge.
U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Irenas, who presided over the nine-week trial, ruled that Mack 
Jones, 36, a.k.a. "Bear," of Camden, faced a mandatory life sentence because of his two prior 
felony drug convictions.
Jones was convicted by a federal jury on March 7, 2008, along with co-defendants Jevon 
Lewis, 34, of Cherry Hill, a.k.a. "V" and "Cool V," and Ahmed Judge, 32, of Camden, a.k.a. 
"Edy" and "Bleek." After only seven hours of deliberations, a federal jury found Jones guilty 
of one count of drug distribution conspiracy. Jones was the leader of a long-term, large-scale 
drug trafficking organization operating in Camden.
The jury also returned guilty verdicts against Lewis and Judge on federal drug and murder 
charges. Lewis was convicted for his leadership role in a separate drug organization and 
ordering a murder in furtherance of that organization's operations. Judge, who was an 
enforcer for Lewis' drug organization, was convicted of drug distribution conspiracy; murder 
while engaged in that conspiracy; murder in the course of a firearm offense; and possession 
of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
In convicting the three defendants, the jury found that Jones, Lewis, Judge and others 
conspired between 1993 and March 2003 with others, including Raymond Morales, to 
distribute and possess with intent to distribute large amounts of cocaine and crack cocaine. 
The jury also found that Lewis and Judge, while engaging in that conspiracy, intentionally 
caused the Oct. 4, 2001, murder of Kenneth Fussell in Camden.
The case was tried by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Diana V. Carrig and Howard Wiener of the 
U.S. Attorney's Criminal Division in Camden.
The Indictment charging Lewis, Judge and Jones, along with other federal Indictments and 
Complaints that charged 13 additional defendants and the filing of state charges against 35 
suspects, were offshoots of a long-term cooperative investigation that culminated in the 
March 8, 2003, arrests and subsequent Indictment of six defendants, including Morales, 37, 
of Camden.
On May 31, 2007, authorities for the first time announced that Morales had pleaded guilty on 
July 27, 2005, to a nine-count Superseding Information and was cooperating with the 
government. The Superseding Information to which Morales pleaded guilty charged him 
with six counts of ordering a murder in furtherance of a Continuing Criminal Enterprise 
("CCE"); one count of witness tampering by ordering the attempted murder of a witness; one 
count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine; and 
one count of being a principal administrator of a CCE that operated in Camden from 1993 
until 2003. Morales has been in custody since March 2003, and faces up to seven life 
sentences.
Judge Irenas sentenced both Lewis and Judge to prison terms of life plus 120 months on May 
14, 2009, and April 22, 2009, respectively.
In determining the actual sentence, Judge Irenas consulted the advisory U.S. Sentencing 
Guidelines, which provide appropriate sentencing ranges that take into account the severity 
and characteristics of the offense, the defendant's criminal history, if any, and other factors.
The judge, however, is not bound by those guidelines in determining a sentence. Parole has 
been abolished in the federal system.
Marra credited the Special Agents of the DEA, under the direction of Special Agent in 
Charge Gerard P. McAleer in Newark, and Investigators with the Camden County 
Prosecutor Office Homicide Unit, under the direction of Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk, with 
the investigation.
Marra also thanked the member agencies of the Philadelphia/Camden HIDTA Task Force for 
their assistance in the investigation. The Philadelphia/Camden HIDTA Task Force is 
comprised of the U.S. Attorneys' Offices for the Districts of New Jersey and Eastern 
Pennsylvania, The Camden County Prosecutor's Office, Philadelphia District Attorney's 
Office, DEA, FBI, ATF, Camden Police Department, New Jersey State Police, Philadelphia 
Police Department, New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Pennsylvania Attorney 
General's Office, Camden County Sheriff's Department, Delaware River Port Authority 
Police and the U.S. Marshal's Service.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Diana V. Carrig and Howard 
Wiener of the U.S. Attorney's Criminal Division in Camden.
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