U.S. Attorney’s Office July 07, 2014 • District of
Maryland (410) 209-4800
BALTIMORE, MD—Napoleon McLain, Jr., age 31, of Randallstown,
Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and possess with
intent to distribute cocaine base.
The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the
District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge Stephen E.
Vogt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
According to his plea agreement, McLain is an officer with the
Baltimore City School Police Force (BCSPF). BCSPF officers are granted police
privileges to carry firearms and conduct arrests within the City of Baltimore.
From no later than December 2012 to August 2013, while he was
employed as a BCSPF officer, McLain was a member of a conspiracy to distribute
cocaine base. McLain bought multiple ounces of cocaine base at a time from his
suppliers, which he sold to others. On four occasions between December 2012 and
August 2013, McLain sold a total of approximately 150 grams of cocaine base to
a confidential source for $9,800.
McLain faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. U.S.
District Judge Catherine C. Blake scheduled sentencing for October 15, 2014 at
9:15 a.m.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the FBI for its
work in the investigation and thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney David I.
Sharfstein, who is prosecuting the case.
