IRS: Elkridge Apartment Used for Stashing Drug Money

A member of a cross-country drug syndicate was using narcotics money to pay rent on an apartment in Elkridge that served as a gathering place for illicit activities, according to a complaint filed by the IRS.

Jared Weinberg, 28, faces charges in a Pennsylvania court for filing false tax returns and money laundering. 

He is one of several people named - including his father - in connection with the drug ring that saw cocaine being trafficked from California to Pennsylvania and Maryland, according to investigators. 

According to the affidavit, Weinberg rented an apartment at 6241 Greenfield Road from July 2009 to May 2010. When he applied for the apartment, Weinberg said he worked full-time at EDI Business Group Ltd., earning $55,000 a year, according to the affidavit.

He was actually a lifeguard at Lifetime Fitness, where he earned less than $6,500 a year. 

Weinberg’s bank account shows that to pay for the apartment, he received cash deposits from Damon Collins, allegedly a major supplier of cocaine to this area, according to a DEA investigation.

According to the IRS, a confidential source said a large black duffel bag full of money would be delivered to Weinberg at the Mall in Columbia, then would be taken to the Elkridge apartment to be counted.

Another source told the IRS that he or she would deliver money to Collins, the alleged drug distributor, at the Elkridge apartment.

According to the Howard County Times, Weinberg is on administrative leave from his job as a police officer in Washington, D.C. A police spokesperson told the Times that the investigation was done secretly, so information did not show up on a background check when Weinberg applied with the department.

Weinberg was arrested on May 6 and released on personal recognizance Tuesday. According to statute, he faces a fine and a prison sentence of up to 20 years.

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