As the bookkeeper for a Baltimore-based marijuana trafficking ring, Jerome Castle kept careful notes on his organization’s expenses in a red spiral-bound notebook, using coded language to refer to major players and accounts. Castle said that he used the code names “Short Man” and “Johnny Vegas” to refer to a lawyer who worked with the .
When Richard Byrd wasn’t directing a cross-country marijuana distribution operation, he was partying with some of the biggest names in sports and hip hop.