KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – Three Kansas City, Kansas men who were members of a drug trafficking ring that tried to take over the neighborhood around 20th Street and Longwood Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas have been convicted on federal drug trafficking charges.

Convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court included 30-year-old Marcus L. Quinn who was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and more than 280 grams of cocaine base, “crack cocaine,” one count of conspiracy to maintain a residence at 2636 N. 20th Street in furtherance of drug trafficking, one count of conspiracy to maintain a residence at 2632 N. 20th Street in furtherance of drug trafficking, one count of maintaining a residence at 2635 N. 20th Street in furtherance of drug trafficking, five counts of distributing crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of Northwest Middle School, and one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of Northwest Middle School.

33-year-old Mark A. Brooks was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and more than 280 grams of cocaine base, “crack cocaine,” one count of conspiracy to maintain a residence at 2632 N. 20th Street in furtherance of drug trafficking, and one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of Northwest Middle School.

30-year-old Willie F. Ford was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and more than 280 grams of cocaine base,“crack cocaine,” one count of conspiracy to maintain a residence at 2632 N. 20th Street in furtherance of drug trafficking, one count of distribution of crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of Northwest Middle School, and one count of using a cellular phone in furtherance of drug trafficking.

The three defendants were members of a drug trafficking organization targeted by local and federal law enforcement agencies in an operation named Operation Camera Shy.

32-year-old Antonio D. Quinn, also of Kansas City, Kansas had pleaded guilty to leading the conspiracy and was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.

Sentencing for the three men is set for November 15, 2011.