Federal prosecutors are seeking to detain Malcolm before trial. A detention hearing is scheduled for June 6 and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 15.
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On Wednesday evening, agents executed a search warrant at 4437 Nevada Ave. in Trotwood and “several people attempted to flee from the house, including a person later identified as Eric Malcolm,” according to the affidavit written by FBI special agent Dennis Eng.
The complaint said a hydraulic press is commonly used to compact and reprocess controlled substances. Eng wrote that multiple firearms were found, including a Glock handgun in a single bedroom along with Malcolm’s ID and mail addressed to him.
The affidavit alleges Malcolm acknowledged he sells drugs and said the Glock was his. The complaint seeks charges for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and felon in possession of a firearm.
The trafficking charges carries a maximum punishment of 20 years and a $1 million fine while the weapons charge has a maximum of 10 years and a $250,000 fine.
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In 2010, Malcolm was convicted in federal court for conspiracy to distribute and possess heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking fine. Malcolm was sentenced to a total of four years in prison.
His defense attorney at that time wrote that the judge should consider Malcolm’s extra-ordinarily difficult childhood” in fashioning a sentence.
That attorney wrote that Malcolm’s father left the family home when Malcolm was 8 years old, was diagnosed with a learning disorder and, at age 16, while walking home from school, Malcolm was shot in the right clavicle.
Attorney Aaron Durden wrote that Malcolm obtained a firearm as part of “an attitude adopted by some youths in our communities as a means to demonstrate bravado.”
At the time, Durden wrote that Malcolm was seeking employment as a barber.
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