Suspected MacArthur Park Drug Supplier to Plead Guilty

A South Los Angeles man whom prosecutors believe was among the main suppliers of illegal drugs in the Alvarado Corridor near MacArthur Park is expected to plead guilty Thursday to a federal charge.

Jackson Tarfur, 29, has agreed to enter a plea in Los Angeles federal court to a single count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

A complaint filed in May alleges that Tarfur and his live-in girlfriend “serve as the, if not one of the main sources of supply of fentanyl powder and methamphetamine distributed in the Alvarado Corridor and MacArthur Park,” generally on behalf of one of the city’s largest street gangs…

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