Overview

• Javan Tooley, 36, was indicted on Sept. 18 on a charge of distributing 28 grams or more of cocaine base and later pleaded not guilty in federal court.
• Prosecutors allege he sold about 100 grams of crack cocaine on Sept. 10 near Fields Corner while a young child was in the back seat of his car.
• He was arrested on Sept. 23 after arriving for a planned sale near Roxbury District Court and was allegedly carrying roughly 160 grams of crack cocaine.
• Court filings say he used his reentry organization’s phone to coordinate drug deals and claimed influential connections to intimidate women he recruited for commercial sex and drug distribution.
• He previously served time for a 2010 federal cocaine case, violated supervised-release terms multiple times, and remains in federal custody as the investigation proceeds.