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A federal judge approved an April trial date for West Hollywood
resident Ed Buck, who is accused of giving drugs to a man who
died at his Laurel Avenue apartment after allegedly being lured
across state lines for prostitution.

Buck, 66, is facing nine felony counts in Los Angeles federal
court. He also faces state charges of running a drug den, but
the federal case will proceed first, on April 19. During a Zoom
hearing Wednesday, a final status conference was scheduled by
U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder for April 12.

Buck was arrested in September 2019 after being charged in
federal court with providing methamphetamine to a man who died
after receiving the drug intravenously. He now faces additional
charges, including a count alleging that he enticed 26-year-old
Gemmel Moore to travel to the Los Angeles area to engage in
prostitution. Buck allegedly provided meth to Moore, who
overdosed on the drug and died on July 27, 2017.

Buck is charged with a second count of enticing a man to travel
with the intent of engaging in prostitution. He is also accused
of knowingly and intentionally distributing meth, and using his
apartment for the purpose of distributing narcotics such as
meth, and the sedatives gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and
clonazepam.

Federal prosecutors allege that Buck “engaged in a pattern of
soliciting men to consume drugs that Buck provided and perform
sexual acts at Buck’s apartment,” a practice described as “party
and play,” according to court papers.

Buck allegedly solicited victims on social media platforms,
including a gay dating website, and used a recruiter to scout
and proposition men. Once the men were at his apartment, Buck
allegedly prepared syringes containing meth, sometimes
personally injecting the victims with or without their consent,
according to the indictment.

Buck also allegedly injected victims with more narcotics than
they expected and sometimes injected victims while they were
unconscious. Another victim, Timothy Dean, also suffered a fatal
overdose in Buck’s apartment, on Jan. 7, 2019, according to the
indictment.

Each of the charges alleging the distribution of narcotics
resulting in death carries a mandatory minimum of 20 years in
federal prison and possible maximum of life without parole.

In state court, Buck faces charges, including operating a drug
house, that were filed two years ago by the Los Angeles County
District Attorney’s Office.

Buck has repeatedly attempted to persuade a federal judge to
grant him bail, most recently in September when his attorneys
argued that their client should be released from the downtown
federal lockup due to the COVID-19 pandemic currently moving
through jails and prisons. Buck had offered to post a $400,000
signature bond and submit to electronic monitoring and home
confinement.

However, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver found that the
proposed bond conditions were insufficient to ensure Buck’s
presence at trial, given the incentives to flee. She also
determined that Buck would pose a danger to the community if
allowed to leave jail before his trial, now expected in April.

As for the threat of COVID-19, the judge said defense attorneys
did not show that the Metropolitan Detention Center was unable
to handle Buck’s medical needs, and that he didn’t have any
medical conditions that put him at elevated risk for the virus,
beyond his age.

Federal prosecutors allege Buck has a history of injecting men
with drugs and paying them for sexual activity and emphasized in
a court filing that a judge’s ruling denying pretrial release on
grounds of danger to the community was correct.

Even if a judge did release him on bail to home confinement, it
is unknown where Buck would go. His landlord at 1234 Laurel Ave.
had him evicted and his belongings were put in storage and/or
given away. His apartment was then rented to someone else.

Ed Buck was active in Democratic politics in the state, donating
large sums to many campaigns. He also donated to the political
campaigns of several West Hollywood City Council members. In
2007, Buck even ran for WeHo City Council, using his apartment
as his campaign headquarters.

https://wehoville.com/2021/01/14/la-judge-approves-april-trial- date-for-ed-buck-in-federal-case/

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