Woodlawn, MD — A Baltimore man was ki1led in Baltimore County Thursday outside of City View Bar and Grill. A source told the I-Team the shooting was targeted.
The source, who provided critical information to police, said the gunman waited outside for Frank Eubanks Jr., 54, and shot him as he climbed into his gray, late-model Jeep.
Employees of City View considered Eubanks a regular customer. No one knew what he did for a living or even his last name, they just called him Frank.
After some digging, the I-Team discovered Eubanks pleaded guilty and was sent to prison in 2003 on drug charges.
Reports at the time indicated he was involved in distributing wholesale quantities of heroin in Baltimore City that arrived from New York.
Authorities said he directed the sale of as much as $150,000 worth of heroin in Baltimore each week.
Thursday's shooting happened around 10:25 p.m. just a few feet from the business' front door.
A public records search indicates Eubanks lived about 15 minutes from the bar and grill. He bought a $400,000 home in Owings Mills back in April.
Frank Eubanks III's heroin case from 2017
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Baltimore County, Md., man was charged Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Clarksburg with distributing heroin in Berkeley County, W.Va., Acting U.S. Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen said.
Frank Eubanks III, 26, of Windsor Mill, Md., was charged with one count of distribution of heroin, according to a news release from Jividen's office.
Eubanks is accused of selling heroin for $1,000 in Berkeley County on July 13, the release said.
He faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated.
Frank's case from 2003
A Baltimore man described as "a major player" in the city's heroin trade pleaded guilty to being a drug kingpin yesterday in Baltimore Circuit Court, nearly two years after he was the subject of a wiretap investigation.
Prosecutors said Frank Eubanks Jr., 33, was directing the sale of as much as $150,000 worth of heroin in Baltimore a week.
Eubanks, of the 600 block of N. Woodington Road, was sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole by Judge John N. Prevas.
He was selling "wholesale quantities" of heroin from places such as New York to other street dealers in the city, said Assistant State's Attorney Antonio Gioia, one of several prosecutors in the case.
"Eubanks fit to a T the definition of a drug kingpin," Gioia said. "He controlled and supervised a large and powerful drug organization."
One of his partners and an alleged supplier also pleaded guilty yesterday to being part of the organization.
The alleged supplier, Ralph Slowe Jr., 31, of the 4900 block of Aberdeen Ave., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession with intent to distribute it.
Eubanks' partner, Hubert Benston, 31, of the 2200 block of E. North Ave., also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
Both will be sentenced June 30 to no more than 10 years in prison for their pleas.
The three men were the subject of a wiretap investigation conducted by Baltimore police and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Investigators heard the men refer to grams of heroin as "tickets" and "T-shirts," Gioia said.
"In one conversation, they were boasting about quality of their Oriole tickets," he said.
Eleven other defendants associated with the organization previously pleaded guilty to charges, including conspiracy to distribute heroin.