Former hip-hop manager convicted in Brooklyn Federal Court
Following a three-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn on Thursday returned a verdict convicting James Rosemond, also known as “Jimmy Henchman,” of being the leader of a continuing criminal enterprise (the “Rosemond Organization”) that distributed thousands of pounds of cocaine, the majority of which was sold on the streets of Brooklyn and Queens.
The defendant was also convicted of using firearms in furtherance of his narcotics trafficking, being a felon in possession of a firearm, financial crimes involving money laundering and structuring, and obstruction of justice for his role in trying to keep one of his cocaine suppliers from providing information to federal law enforcement authorities.
The evidence at trial established that the Rosemond Organization was a large bi-coastal narcotics-trafficking organization that shipped cocaine from the Los Angeles area to the New York City Metropolitan area and that, in turn, shipped cash proceeds of narcotics sales back to Los Angeles.