Drug Charges Filed in L.A. Against 2 Simi Valley Men
U. S. prosecutors in Los Angeles filed drug-possession charges Wednesday against two Simi Valley men after a drug raid Sunday yielded six kilograms of cocaine, $500,000 in cash and 125 guns, including many illegal weapons.
Gardner Ernest Flockhart, 31, and Robert Dale Lloyd, 27, were charged with one count each of possession with intent to distribute about one kilogram of cocaine, Assistant U. S. Atty. Sally Meloch said.
Flockhart was ordered held in federal custody without bond and Lloyd remained in custody in lieu of $250,000 bond, said Carol Levitsky, a spokeswoman for the U. S. Attorney’s Office.
Meloch said that authorities are continuing to investigate the men and that other charges may be filed in connection with the remaining cocaine and the weapons.
A preliminary hearing for the two is scheduled Oct. 31 and arraignment Nov. 5 in U. S. District Court in Los Angeles, Levitsky said.
If convicted of the cocaine charge, the men face up to 40 years in federal prison.
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