Fitzbatrick v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Cause No. 2:16-CR-166-PPS-JEM ) LAJUAN FITZPATRICK, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER During a plot to steal a load of marijuana, Defendant Lajuan Fitzpatrick got in a gun battle with the victims that resulted in the death of a bystander. For this, he was indicted for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of

21 U.S.C. §§ 841

and 846, and discharging or aiding and abetting the discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a drug…