Letter from alleged BMF leader to judge: Let me out

It’s been nearly two years since the feds nabbed the alleged co-leaders of an interstate cocaine ring called the “Black Mafia Family” and have kept them locked up while awaiting trial.

One of the two men, the flashy, Atlanta-based hip-hop entrepreneur and street legend Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, is now asking that the judge allow his release from jail. Of the 41 defendants charged in the federal indictment, only Meech and his brother (and alleged co-leader) Terry “Southwest T” Flenory have been denied bond.

The Flenorys and six co-defendants are scheduled for a November trial in federal court in Detroit, where the brothers allegedly birthed a $270 million cocaine empire before establishing hubs in Atlanta and L.A. If convicted of running a continuing criminal enterprise, the Flenorys face a life sentence.

In a letter dated last month and filed yesterday in U.S. District Court, Meech writes:

I am by no means a “flight risk,” I am a god fearing man of honor. ... My mother is very stressed out ‘cause both of her sons are in jail and our family has never experience sic anything like this, so I’m asking that you please consider giving me a bond. ... All I am asking you for is a “chance” to be with my family in case I have to go to prison for the first time in my life.

The brothers might have to wait more than a few months for the long-awaited resolution of their case. An order filed yesterday by one of Meech’s attorneys describes how the feds continue to introduce new evidence, and as a result, “the government knows that a new trial date will probably need to be set.”