October 28. 2009
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Drug Trafficking Network Busted
larly so ld 10 k ilo g ra m s or
$300,000 worth of merchandise
a month, while using local bar­
becue eatery Yam Yam’s for
money laundering.
Portland police said they had
A north Portland man is fac­ long suspected that James Ray
ing a federal indictment that al­ “Lonnie” Yoakum was at the
leges he ran a cocaine empire center of a large drug traffick­
throughout the city that regu­ ing operation that distributed
Police say a
major drug
dealer arrested
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Yam Yam's on northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is swept up in a major drug trafficking case, but the owner of
the restaurant has not been charged with any crime.
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cocaine throughout the city
using a gang network. But it
could never quite come up with
enough evidence to take action,
until now.
After months of eavesdrop­
ping on Yoakum's phone con­
versations and conducting sur­
veillan ce on his hom e, the
Metro Gang Task Force, which
is comprised of multiple federal
and local law en fo rcem en t
agencies, says it has the goods
on Yoakum.
“These indictments ahd ar­
rests should send the clear mes­
sage that we will not tolerate
criminal gang activity in our
c o m m u n ity ,” said A cting
United States Attorney Kent S.
Robinson, in a statement.
Yoakum m oved to Oregon
over 20 years ago from Los
Angeles. Eight years ago he
was convicted in multi-defen­
dant conspiracy case that in­
volved moving cocaine from
Los Angeles to Detroit.
The Metro Gang Task Force
alleges that Yoakum is a long­
time affiliate of the Crip gang,
and used it to circulate cocaine
th ro u g h o u t P o rtla n d and
Vancouver.
Although Yoakum allegedly
moved large quantities of the
lucrative drug and was caught
carrying over $11,000 in cash,
he lived in a humble duplex in
north Portland with three chil­
dren and a granddaughter.
Last month, the task force
raided his home and Yam Yam’s
on N ortheast M artin L uther
King Jr. Boulevard.
No drugs were found at the
duplex, but authorities found
more than $60,(XX) in cash in the
safe at Yam Yam's.
Officials said Larry Mathews,
who owns the restaurant and
lives in the same duplex as
arm ed robbery
Yoakum, told au­
and a tte m p te d
thorities that the
murder charges.
money came from
Law enforce­
re fin a n c in g the
m ent has a r­
business, but an
rested 19 indi­
Internal Revenue
viduals believed
S erv ice inquiry
to be involved in
refuted that claim.
the traffick in g
A
fe d e ra l
ring on federal
search w arran t
firearm and drug
was also served
charges as part
on an in-hom e
daycare facility in j ames ‘Lonnie’ Yoakum o f a 10-m onth
long effort that
Gresham, where a
resident was charged as a co­ targeted gang activity in the
area.
conspirator.
Over the course of the inves-
Throughout the course of the
tig
a tio n , law e n fo rc e m en t
investigation two of Yoakum’s
seized
35 firearms, more than
sons w ere arrested. Lonnell
Demarcus Yoakum was arrested $101,(XX) in cash, about three
for an Aug. 20 gang-related pounds of crack cocaine, about
shooting of Emmanuel Dante seven pounds of pow der co­
Hall in front of K&C Market on caine, and eight vehicles.
Y oakum has p lead ed not
North Killingsworth Street.
His b ro th er, Ja ric h o Ray guilty. Matthews has not been
Yoakum, was also arrested on charged with any crime.
President Barack Obama's call
for an overhaul of the health care
system would begin as soon as
steeped in controversy. Reid, Democratic moderates whose the Congressional Budget Office
completes a mandatory assess­
D-Nev., said individual states votes will be pivotal.
Reid said, "While the public ment of the bill's cost and impact
would have the choice of opt­
option is not a silver bullet, I be­ on coverage.
ing out of the program.
Changes on the public option
H is a n n o u n c e m e n t w as lieve it's an important way to en­
cheered by liberal lawmakers, sure competition and to level the — and numerous other provi­
greeted less effusively by the playing field for patients with the sions in the measure — are pos­
White House and noted with a insurance industry." He said a sible during a debate expected
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