Suspect in East Anchorage Murder Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges

Federal authorities in             complex, had been considered
Anchorage say one of the           a suspect in the Sept. 20,
eight men arrested earlier         2009 shooting of 17-year-old
this year in connection with       Desirae Douglas, who died
two Mountain View deaths has       when she was caught in what
entered a guilty plea to two       prosecutors described as a
charges of distributing a          gang-related “gun battle” at
controlled substance.              an East Anchorage party.
U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler       Two accomplices, each
says Marquinn Jones-Nelson         indicted in other crimes as
pled guilty Friday before          well, were indicted with
District Court Judge Ralph         Jones-Nelson in Jordan’s
Beistline to the two-count         death. Parrish Harris, 19,
indictment, which involved         was also one of three men
sales of crack cocaine Jones-      indicted in the Douglas
Nelson made in December 2010       shooting, while 17-year-old
and January 2011.                  Dorian Topps had also been
After the drug sales, Jones-       indicted in the Feb. 28 home-
Nelson was indicted by the         invasion robbery of a
state in May on charges of         Mountain View couple.
first-degree and second-           Jones-Nelson faces a
degree murder, third-degree        mandatory minimum sentence of
weapons misconduct and             five years in prison, a $5
tampering with physical            million fine or both. He is
evidence in the March 24           still in custody pending
killing of Devante Jordan.         sentencing and the resolution
Jordan, who was shot to death      of the state charges against
at a Mountain View apartment       him.                          

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