CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati man has learned how long he’ll be in prison for ordering the murder of his own uncle.
[DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]
Jamal Binford, 34, was sentenced to life plus a mandatory consecutive 10 years in prison, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio.
Binford was convicted of participating in the narcotics conspiracy, being an accessory after the fact, murder in connection with the drug trafficking conspiracy, use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and use of a firearm to commit murder.
TRENDING STORIES:
- Man dies after being hit by SUV on I-675
- Local city cancels concert over wildfire smoke concerns
- Plan for nearly 70,000-square-foot Huber Heights venue moves forward
According to court documents, Binford presented himself as a successful boxing promoter helping young men get off the streets.
“Binford sold young boxers on the dream of becoming pro fighters. Instead, used them as his soldiers in his drug trafficking enterprise,” federal prosecutors said in a release.
He sold kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine, as well as hundreds of pounds of marijuana, in 2021.
Prosecutors said he paid two Cincinnati men, 23-year-old Antwan Coach, Jr. and 24-year-old Markel Hardy, $2,000 to murder his own uncle, Deonte Nuckols, to protect his drug trafficking operation.
Nuckols had been texting Binford about paying a drug debt.
Prosecutors also said Binford helped Hardy flee the scene of the 2021 robbery and murder of Kamar Williams in North College Hill.
Investigators arrested Binford in February 2023 at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
[SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
