Ed Buck, 66, was found guilty Monday of nine felonies in the sex-for-drugs case
He was arrested in September 2019 following two deaths and multiple other overdoses
Gemmel Moore, 26, was found dead of an overdose in Buck s West Hollywood apartment in 2017
Timothy Dean, 55, died 18 months later and Buck was finally arrested, pleading not guilty and claiming his victims were drug addicts
A date has not been set for sentencing but he faces life in prison
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Democratic donor Ed Buck on Tuesday was convicted by a federal jury of nine felonies, including giving methamphetamine to two men who died at his West Hollywood apartment after being injected with the drug.
Buck was found guilty of two counts of distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death, four counts of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, and two counts of enticement to travel in interstate commerce for prostitution.
Gemmel Moore, 26, died of an overdose in July 2017 and Timothy Dean, 55, died in January 2019. It was a tremendous honor to be able to vindicate the rights of the victims in the case, Assistant US Attorney Chelsea Norell said.
By City News Service
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - After just 4 1/2 hours of deliberations, former political donor Ed Buck was convicted today of a series of federal charges, including providing methamphetamine to two men who died in his West Hollywood apartment.
Buck was convicted of all nine felony counts he was facing. The verdicts came on the four-year anniversary of the death of one of the two victims, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore, in Buck s apartment. As each guilty verdict was read aloud by the judge, family members and friends of the dead men applauded and hugged.
“We had a serial killer on the streets of West Hollywood for years, Samuel Lloyd, Moore s former roommate and best friend, said outside the courthouse. “But nobody cared. We have to start standing up before it ever gets to this point again.
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