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Louisville prosecutors recommend probation for Jamarcus Glover, Breonna Taylor's ex-boyfriend

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Louisville prosecutors recommend probation for Jamarcus Glover, Breonna Taylor's ex-boyfriend
A convicted drug dealer who was a target of the police raids that brought officers to Breonna Taylor’s home has been offered probation. Louisville prosecutors are recommending probation for Jamarcus Glover, Taylor's former boyfriend. Glover pleaded guilty to several charges last week, including a drug trafficking charge for his arrest on March 13, 2020, the night Taylor was killed. Taylor was fatally shot by police serving a narcotics search warrant. It was one of five warrants served that night targeting a drug operation involving Glover and other accomplices.Last year, Glover was offered a plea deal by prosecutors that would have forced him to implicate Taylor in criminal activity. The offer listed Taylor as a co-defendant in illegal activities. Glover declined the offer.Prosecutors said after the document was revealed last year that it was a "draft that was part of pre-indictment plea negotiations." There was no mention of Taylor in Glover’s new pleading documents.Police had alleged in their warrant that Glover was receiving drug packages at Taylor’s home, but no drugs or cash were found in Taylor’s home the night of the raid. The Louisville police detective who wrote the warrant was later fired.As part of the new plea deal, Glover agreed to forfeit money and cars seized by police.Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the case declined to comment until Glover is sentenced next month.

A convicted drug dealer who was a target of the police raids that brought officers to Breonna Taylor’s home has been offered probation.

Louisville prosecutors are recommending probation for Jamarcus Glover, Taylor's former boyfriend.

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Glover pleaded guilty to several charges last week, including a drug trafficking charge for his arrest on March 13, 2020, the night Taylor was killed.

Taylor was fatally shot by police serving a narcotics search warrant.

It was one of five warrants served that night targeting a drug operation involving Glover and other accomplices.

Last year, Glover was offered a plea deal by prosecutors that would have forced him to implicate Taylor in criminal activity. The offer listed Taylor as a co-defendant in illegal activities. Glover declined the offer.

Prosecutors said after the document was revealed last year that it was a "draft that was part of pre-indictment plea negotiations." There was no mention of Taylor in Glover’s new pleading documents.

Police had alleged in their warrant that Glover was receiving drug packages at Taylor’s home, but no drugs or cash were found in Taylor’s home the night of the raid. The Louisville police detective who wrote the warrant was later fired.

As part of the new plea deal, Glover agreed to forfeit money and cars seized by police.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the case declined to comment until Glover is sentenced next month.