Posted on 05/25/2025 11:35:38 AM PDT by DFG
A criminal defense attorney with a 'methamphetamine addiction' has been arrested for allegedly working for a murderous drug trafficking gang.
Justin Facey, 44, boasted about his role as the go-to attorney for the violent criminal organization that would smuggle hard drugs from Mexico to Alaska, federal prosecutors have claimed in shocking court documents.
The Anchorage criminal defense attorney was indicted on charges of maintaining a drug-involved premises and possessing firearms in connection with drug trafficking.
Facey, who allegedly coerced sex acts from minors and clients of his legal service, told colleagues that cartel members 'literally threw a duffle bag from a moving vehicle onto my roof to hire me last week, and claimed he 'had to retrieve it with a ladder' according to prosecutors.
The case is part of a massive federal investigation that has led to more than 60 indictments.
Four members of the trafficking ring were charged in the 2023 murders of two women found in Trapper Creek.
Prosecutors describe the operation as a pipeline for methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin and cocaine flowing to Alaska dealers and street users.
The disgraced Anchorage attorney, who prosecutors say consumed up to an ounce of methamphetamine per day to fuel his addiction, allegedly offered to help smuggle gang members out of Alaska.
He also provided money laundering advice, and even requested the cartel's help in having someone shot after a personal dispute.
Federal prosecutors describe Facey as having 'consciously adopted the persona of a self-described cartel attorney' while being 'fueled by a spiraling addiction to methamphetamine and compulsive sexual misconduct.'
The documents revealed he 'fully committed to the bit, engaging in a crime spree threatening the safety of the community.'
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NORTH! to Alaska
I’m goin’ north, the drugs are on
(Juneau, it could be worse, the Berings could be frozen)
‘literally threw a duffle bag from a moving vehicle onto my roof to hire me last week’
Talk about an offer you can’t refuse.
He changed his name to Justin when he moved to Alaska because Saul “sounded too Jewish”.
That's hard core.
I was thinking the same thing.
Couldn’t live long tweeking that hard.
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