LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jamarcus Glover, Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, was arrested for trafficking narcotics, according to court documents.
Glover, 33, was arrested by St. Matthews Police Department on Saturday morning. Court documents said Glover allegedly trafficked narcotics and had children help him transport and sell the drugs, including heroin, fentanyl and other illegal drugs.
Police said they seized narcotics and several firearms. Glover is a convicted felon.
He faces multiple charges, including conspiracy to traffic in controlled substance, unlawful transaction with a minor with illegal controlled substances, engaging in organized crime, possessing a handgun by a convicted felon.
Glover was a target of the police raids that brought officers to Taylor’s home in March 2020.
Louisville police secured a slew of no-knock warrants on the night of March 13, 2020, aimed at breaking up a drug-dealing operation involving Glover. One of the five warrants sent police to the home of Taylor, Glover’s former girlfriend.
Officers went to her home, broke down the door and opened fire after Taylor’s boyfriend fired a shot at them. Taylor was shot and killed in the gunfire. The fatal shooting of the 26-year-old Black woman sparked months of national protests and prompted the city of Louisville to pay Taylor’s family $12 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.
Police had alleged in their 2020 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.
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