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Darius Fields is serving an 18-year sentence on federal weapons charges following 13-year-old Shavon Randle’s death in June 2017.
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Fields is now being tried on a charge of engaging in organized criminal activity.

During the trial Tuesday, prosecutors told jurors Fields was the man calling the shots from afar so that he wouldn’t get blood on his hands directly.

"And all these people are doing what he wants them to do because they are in combination together because they are a crew, because they are gonna profit from the dope," the prosecutor said.

They said Fields was the one with the motive who stood to profit from the drugs.
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Prosecutors said cell phone data, witnesses, and surveillance video put Fields and three accomplices together, accusing them of planning the kidnapping in retaliation over a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of marijuana stolen from Fields days earlier.

Prosecutors also said a man in jail with Fields said Fields admitted he was behind Randle’s death.
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Meanwhile, Fields’ defense attorneys argued there is no credible evidence that proves he had anything to do with Randle’s abduction and death, noting that nearly five years later, witness memories may not be as reliable, and some of Randle’s family withheld information from police about the stolen drugs during the crucial hours after she was abducted.

"We’re not here to defend whether or not that 13-year-old child deserved to be abducted or killed. That’s not what this case is about. What does it have to do with Darius Fields?" defense attorney Scottie Allen told jurors. "Pay attention. Listen. Follow the law. Follow the evidence and you’re going to find him not guilty because he’s not guilty."

Testimony will resume in the case Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.

 
DALLAS - The man accused of ordering the kidnapping and murder of a 13-year-old girl in retaliation for stolen drugs has been found guilty of engaging in organized crime.
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The attorneys attacked each piece of the prosecution’s case, saying there’s no proof anyone directed Laquan Wilkerson, Devontae Owens, and Desmond Jones to carry out the crimes.

"They don’t have it. Are you kidding? They’re appealing to your sympathies," Allen said. "They don’t have any evidence that ties the name Darius Fields to this case. They know it."

But prosecutors say Fields’ cell phone records put him with the other suspects during the planning and surveillance for the kidnapping, and he had the motive.

"Who stands to profit? Who stands to be motivated? Who stands to maintain his image of being savage out in the streets? Darius Jamal Fields," said prosecutor Jen Falk.

After hours of deliberation Tuesday, the jury ultimately found Fields guilty. The punishment phase will begin Wednesday morning.
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Fields is currently serving an 18-year sentence on a federal weapons violation related to the case.

Three other men were implicated in the case, but no one has been charged directly with Shavon's murder.

 
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