Nine charged in burglary spree that ended in Oakland cop's death

"Seven of the defendants - Allen Brown, Sebron Russell, Marquise Cooper, Janiero Booth, Jowaun Jones, Shawn McGee and Salvador Munguia - are charged with conspiring to distribute, possessing with intent to distribute and attempting to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 marijuana plants, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Brown and Russell are also charged with discharging and brandishing a firearm in connection with a drug-trafficking crime."

"The charges stem from three armed burglaries of a marijuana grow facility at 499 Embarcadero between the late evening hours of Dec. 28 and the early morning hours of Dec. 29, 2023, according to an indictment filed Nov. 20 and unsealed Thursday. The indictment alleges Brown, Russell, Cooper and an unnamed co-conspirator organized and carried out the burglaries. They also recruited Booth, Jones, McGee and Munguia for the final burglary, which happened around 4 a.m., prosecutors said."

"Le and his partner were among the officers dispatched to the third burglary. The pair, who were working undercover at the time, arrived to find the suspects leaving the facility. The unnamed co-conspirator pointed a black pistol at the officers' unmarked truck and got into an Infiniti, which was among several suspect vehicles that then left the scene, according to the indictment. Prosecutors identified Brown as the driver of the Infiniti."

Nearly two years after Oakland police Officer Tuan Le was gunned down while pursuing suspects, nine people are in custody facing federal charges. Seven defendants — Allen Brown, Sebron Russell, Marquise Cooper, Janiero Booth, Jowaun Jones, Shawn McGee and Salvador Munguia — face conspiracy to distribute, possession with intent to distribute and attempted possession with intent to distribute of more than 100 marijuana plants. Brown and Russell face additional counts of discharging and brandishing a firearm in connection with a drug-trafficking crime. Jasmine Kumar and Felicia Sanders are charged as accessories after the fact. The charges arise from three armed burglaries of a grow facility at 499 Embarcadero on Dec. 28-29, 2023.

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