A new report says a suspect in the Louisville police investigation that led to the raid on Breonna Taylor’s apartment was once offered a plea deal that would have required him to say she was part of a drug ring. The story comes from WDRB, which obtained the information.
According to WDRB, the July 13 offer asked Jamarcus Glover to state that he, Taylor and several others were part of an organized crime syndicate moving large amounts of drugs into the city. Glover is described in the report as a suspect in a series of Louisville police raids, including the one at Taylor’s home.
Taylor was shot and killed by police during that raid. Her death certificate reportedly shows she was shot five times. Her boyfriend Kenneth has said he fired at the officers because he believed intruders were coming into the home. Authorities had obtained a search warrant for the apartment because they believed Glover was using it to store money and receive drugs.
WDRB reports that Glover turned the offer down. The deal could have meant a 10 year prison sentence on charges tied to criminal syndication, drug trafficking and guns, and the report says the sentencing judge could also have considered probation.
On recorded jail calls cited in the report, Glover said the only link between him and Taylor was that she had bailed him out of jail before. He also questioned why police would serve a warrant at her home and said he knew she did not deserve what happened to her.
Sam Aguiar, the attorney for Taylor’s family in a wrongful death lawsuit, responded strongly. He said the offer showed the lengths officials went to after her death to paint a picture of her that was very different from who she really was, and called the idea of listing her as a co defendant more than a month after she died disgusting.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Wine gave a different account. In a statement, he said the plea offer naming Taylor was a draft that was part of negotiations with Glover and his lawyer, and that his office had received information suggesting Glover was implicating her in his activity. He said that once he learned of the talks, he directed that her name be removed out of respect for her, and that the final plea sheet sent to Glover’s lawyer did not list her as a co defendant.
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The report also notes that federal investigators were reportedly reviewing the case to decide whether charges should be filed against the officers involved in the raid.
