Overview
- West Chester police stopped a rental car on I-75 on Feb. 5 and recovered nearly 3,000 oxycodone, morphine and Vicodin pills that investigators say were stolen.
- Marcus Fantroy, known as Geechi Gotti, and co-defendants Tyrus Crew, Anthony Ellison and Lequan Miller were arrested after fleeing the vehicle and being captured within minutes.
- Detective Kevin Burger testified the pills were from The Medicine Shoppe in Bellevue and said cash recovered was believed to have been taken from a Perrysburg pharmacy.
- Investigators had monitored the group after one member arrived at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, and Burger alleged in court the suspects engage in similar thefts.
- Judge Courtney Caparella-Kraemer found sufficient evidence to bind the drug possession case to a grand jury, with detectives estimating the seized pills’ pharmacy value at $10,000–$15,000 as the investigation continues.