Police say suspect planned to sell kilo
A McClellandtown man is in Fayette County Prison after he allegedly offered to sell one kilogram of cocaine to undercover police, and then fled when they tried to arrest him. Semori R. “Kimo” Wilson, 39, of Belsar Drive is charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine, possession of cocaine and fleeing from police resulting from the Oct. 8 incident.
Ryan Reese, a Fayette County Drug Task Force detective, said Wilson drove a Lincoln Aviator into the parking lot at Uniontown Mall in South Union Township on Oct. 8 and indicated that the cocaine was in the vehicle.
Police were supposed to pay $36,000 for the drugs, but indicated that the street value of the drugs would be about $110,000.
Cocaine is more expensive when sold in smaller quantities, police said.
Instead of making the buy, police indicated that they called Wilson and said that they were going to back out of the deal.
When police tried to arrest him, he fled in a different car and led police on a high-speed chase for several miles in the Uniontown area, according to court filings.
The chase was called off because police were concerned for public safety, Reese indicated in the affidavit of probable cause.
On Monday, state parole agents were able to pick up Wilson at his girlfriend’s house in Uniontown, District Attorney Nancy D. Vernon said.
“It was a huge amount of drugs taken off the streets of Fayette County,” Vernon said, noting that she would categorize Wilson as a “high-level drug dealer.”
Assistant District Attorney Mark D. Brooks, who supervises the task force, said that Wilson is on state parole for a drug conviction in New York.
Reese said that taking that much cocaine off the street would likely raise the price of the drug.
Vernon praised the efforts of the drug task force, which is comprised of about 30 municipal police officers who do undercover drug investigations.
Wilson could face up to 14 years in prison in the case, police said.
He was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Joseph M. George Jr., who put him in prison on $75,000 straight cash bond.