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A California woman who reportedly is an heiress to the Samsung fortune and already faces drug charges in Columbus was slapped with new charges yesterday in a federal indictment.
It says that Lisette Lee participated in a total of 12 trips to bring marijuana from Van Nuys, Calif., to Ohio between November 2009 and June of this year. Nine trips were to Columbus, two were to Toledo and one was to Hamilton, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Prichard.
Lee, 28, of Los Angeles, was accused in June of bringing 13 suitcases of marijuana to Columbus on a private jet.
The indictment unsealed yesterday also covers two trips from California to Dayton that Lee was not involved in.
A grand jury charged Lee with 12 counts of possessing 100 kilograms or more of marijuana with intent to distribute. It also charged her with one count of conspiring with others to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana.
Each possession charge for 100 kilograms - about 220 pounds - or more of marijuana carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. The conspiracy count for 1,000 kilograms - about 2,200 pounds - or more of marijuana carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The indictment charges five other people with conspiracy and various counts of possession with intent to distribute. Two were with Lee when she was arrested in June: Frank S. Edwards, 39, of Hacienda, Calif., who is Lee's bodyguard; and Christopher R. Cash, 32, of Los Angeles, her personal assistant.
Edwards was arrested in his hometown yesterday, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office. Cash has been issued a summons to appear in federal court in Columbus.
David C. Garrett, 28, of Culver City, Calif.; Ko Young, 36, of Winnetka, Calif.; and Henry A. Hernandez, 24, of Los Angeles, also were charged in the indictment. Prichard would not discuss their relationships to Lee. Young has been arrested, Hernandez has been issued a summons, and Garrett is at large.
Agents from the Columbus office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration met Lee's private jet on June 14 after it landed at Lane Aviation at Port Columbus. Lee, Edwards, Cash and another person had taken the 13 suitcases off the plane. The DEA said they contained more than 500 pounds of marijuana.
Lee is the only daughter of Yoshi Morita and Corine Lee, who is the daughter of Samsung founder Byung-Chul Lee, according to Mariesha Richard of Quantum Leap Entertainment, who has been retained as the family spokeswoman by Lisette's adoptive parents.
Shortly after Lisette's birth, Morita and Corine Lee turned over their child to their close friends, Bum Geol Lee and Lauren Lee, who live in California and raised her.
Lisette Lee has been in jail since her arrest in June while her then-attorneys, R. William Meeks and David H. Thomas, investigated her claims that she was an heiress to the Samsung Electronics fortune on her mother's side and an heiress to the Sony fortune on her father's side.
In mid-September, Lee dumped Meeks and Thomas and hired Columbus attorneys James D. Owen and Todd A. Long to defend her.
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Source:dispatch.com
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Website:Woman flew pot to Ohio 12 times, indictment says | The Columbus Dispatch
It says that Lisette Lee participated in a total of 12 trips to bring marijuana from Van Nuys, Calif., to Ohio between November 2009 and June of this year. Nine trips were to Columbus, two were to Toledo and one was to Hamilton, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Prichard.
Lee, 28, of Los Angeles, was accused in June of bringing 13 suitcases of marijuana to Columbus on a private jet.
The indictment unsealed yesterday also covers two trips from California to Dayton that Lee was not involved in.
A grand jury charged Lee with 12 counts of possessing 100 kilograms or more of marijuana with intent to distribute. It also charged her with one count of conspiring with others to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana.
Each possession charge for 100 kilograms - about 220 pounds - or more of marijuana carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. The conspiracy count for 1,000 kilograms - about 2,200 pounds - or more of marijuana carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The indictment charges five other people with conspiracy and various counts of possession with intent to distribute. Two were with Lee when she was arrested in June: Frank S. Edwards, 39, of Hacienda, Calif., who is Lee's bodyguard; and Christopher R. Cash, 32, of Los Angeles, her personal assistant.
Edwards was arrested in his hometown yesterday, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office. Cash has been issued a summons to appear in federal court in Columbus.
David C. Garrett, 28, of Culver City, Calif.; Ko Young, 36, of Winnetka, Calif.; and Henry A. Hernandez, 24, of Los Angeles, also were charged in the indictment. Prichard would not discuss their relationships to Lee. Young has been arrested, Hernandez has been issued a summons, and Garrett is at large.
Agents from the Columbus office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration met Lee's private jet on June 14 after it landed at Lane Aviation at Port Columbus. Lee, Edwards, Cash and another person had taken the 13 suitcases off the plane. The DEA said they contained more than 500 pounds of marijuana.
Lee is the only daughter of Yoshi Morita and Corine Lee, who is the daughter of Samsung founder Byung-Chul Lee, according to Mariesha Richard of Quantum Leap Entertainment, who has been retained as the family spokeswoman by Lisette's adoptive parents.
Shortly after Lisette's birth, Morita and Corine Lee turned over their child to their close friends, Bum Geol Lee and Lauren Lee, who live in California and raised her.
Lisette Lee has been in jail since her arrest in June while her then-attorneys, R. William Meeks and David H. Thomas, investigated her claims that she was an heiress to the Samsung Electronics fortune on her mother's side and an heiress to the Sony fortune on her father's side.
In mid-September, Lee dumped Meeks and Thomas and hired Columbus attorneys James D. Owen and Todd A. Long to defend her.
NewsHawk: MedicalNeed:420 MAGAZINE
Source:dispatch.com
Author: Jeb Phillips and Kathy Lynn Gray
Contact: Help Center - The Columbus Dispatch
Copyright: 2010, The Columbus Dispatch
Website:Woman flew pot to Ohio 12 times, indictment says | The Columbus Dispatch
