When a dead man was carried out of Ed Buck's apartment two years ago, members of the gay political club he lavished with thousands of dollars in political donations swiftly ousted him. Buck attempted a comeback in early January, less than six months after prosecutors declined to bring charges in
1 / 10Democratic Donor Drug DeathsIn this Sept. 26, 2019 photo, LaTisha Nixon, center, mother of Gemmel Moore, one of the men who died in the apartment of Democratic donor Edward Buck, poses for a photo with Gemmel's friend Cory McLean, holding a container with Gemmel's ashes, and attorney Nana Gyamfi in downtown Los Angeles. It took more than two years from the first overdose death in political donor Ed Buck's apartment until his arrest this month.
He wasn't stopped until authorities said a third black man nearly died. It's what victims' families and their supporters warned about for two years as they tried to get prosecutors to bring charges. Buck is being held without bail and has yet to enter a plea in either case. His attorneys declined to comment, but one defense lawyer, Seymour Amster, previously said Buck denied any role in the deaths of Moore or Timothy Dean, 55, who overdosed Jan. 7.
Lacey, who is black, denied that Buck, who had given her a $100 donation that she later returned, received any favoritism. She said investigators didn't have the necessary witnesses to make an arrest until the latest victim provided the account that gave them their big break. One man, who was homeless and worked as a prostitute, told investigators in March that Buck was known as Dr. Kevorkian, a reference to the late doctor imprisoned for helping terminally ill patients end their lives. The man said Buck injected him twice with meth in 2011 and he lost consciousness each time.
The witnesses all spoke with Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators, who consulted frequently with county prosecutors, said Lt. Derrick Alfred, who oversaw the team of detectives who investigated Dean's death. He said the activists were integral by finding witnesses.
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