Us V Dwayne Pulliam Complaint
Us V Dwayne Pulliam Complaint
Us V Dwayne Pulliam Complaint
Matthew Tunney, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is a Task Force
Officer with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the “FBI”), and charges as follows:
COUNT ONE
1. From at least in or about January 2022, up to and including the date of
this complaint, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, DWAYNE PUL-
LIAM, “Doc,” the defendant, did travel in interstate and foreign commerce and use
the mail and any facility in interstate and foreign commerce, with intent to otherwise
promote, manage, establish, carry on, and facilitate the promotion, management, es-
tablishment, and carrying on, of an unlawful activity, as defined in 18 U.S.C.
§ 1952(b)(1), to wit, a business enterprise involving narcotics and controlled sub-
stances, and thereafter performed and attempted to perform and commit a crime of
violence, to wit, murder, to further that unlawful activity, which act resulted in death,
to wit, PULLIAM traveled between New York and Connecticut, and used cellular
telephones, to promote, manage, establish, and carry on, and facilitate the same, a
crack-cocaine-distribution enterprise, and, after such travel, did possess with intent
to distribute crack cocaine and further did murder Lori Lynn Campbell to further
that drug business.
The bases for my knowledge and the foregoing charges are, in part, as follows:
5. I am a Task Force Officer with the FBI, and I have been personally in-
volved in the investigation of this matter. This affidavit is based in part upon my
participation in the investigation, my conversations with other law-enforcement
agents, my training and experience, and my examination of reports and records. Be-
cause this affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of establishing probable
cause, it does not include all the facts that I have learned during the course of my
investigation. Where the contents of documents and the actions, statements and con-
versations of others are reported herein, they are reported in substance and in part,
except where otherwise indicated.
7. For the reasons set forth below, there is probable cause to believe that,
after being released from approximately 24 years’ imprisonment for murder in or
about December 2020, DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, established
an interstate crack-cocaine- and heroin-distribution business, largely storing his
drugs in New York State and selling those drugs in Connecticut, working with one
and more co-conspirators. Moreover, there is probable cause to believe that PUL-
LIAM believed that Lori Lynn Campbell—who was an acquaintance of PULLIAM’s—
was stealing drugs from PULLIAM; as a result, PULLIAM killed Campbell and, with
the assistance of one and more co-conspirators, transported Campbell’s body to North
Carolina, where PULLIAM and his co-conspirators buried Campbell’s body.
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8. I have reviewed the criminal history records for DWAYNE PULLIAM,
a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, and learned that, on or about December 2, 1996, PUL-
LIAM was arrested for murder and criminal possession of a firearm in the fourth
degree. According to those records, on or about April 14, 1999, PULLIAM was con-
victed in New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County, upon a plea of guilty, of
intentional murder, in violation of N.Y. PENAL LAW § 125.25(1), a Class A Felony, and
was sentenced to 15 years’ to life imprisonment. According to those records, PUL-
LIAM was released to lifetime parole on or about December 1, 2020. Moreover, ac-
cording to PULLIAM’s criminal history records, PULLIAM has a lengthy criminal
history in North Carolina before his arrest for murder in New York. Among others,
PULLIAM was convicted in North Carolina for: breaking and entering and larceny
and assault on a female on or about September 14, 1981; assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill on or about September 10, 1985; possession of a firearm by
a felon on or about August 22, 1988; trafficking cocaine on or about August 31, 1988;
and assault on a female and hit-and-run on or about August 24, 1992.
11. On or about April 4, 2022, and April 8, 2022, I and other law enforcement
officers conducted surveillance of DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant.
We saw PULLIAM drive in his Honda Accord from New York to several locations in
Connecticut in the area of New Milford, Danbury, and Brookfield. PULLIAM was not
alone; on April 4, 2022, another person (the “Co-Conspirator”) was in PULLIAM’s
Accord with him, and on April 8, 2022, a different co-conspirator was with him. We
watched as PULLIAM made several short stops, outside houses and near and in park-
ing lots. During those stops, either PULLIAM would get out of the car and engage in
what appeared to be a hand-to-hand transaction with a customer, or a customer
would get into PULLIAM’s car and engage in what appeared to be a hand-to-hand
transaction with PULLIAM. For example, on or about April 8, 2022, I saw PULLIAM
1 Law enforcement officers used the license plate assigned to this Honda Accord to
identify the car, as discussed in this Complaint.
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park the Accord by a gas station. I watched a woman walk out of a house around 50
yards away, walk to the Accord, and get in the back-seat, where she engaged in what
appeared to be a hand-to-hand exchange. PULLIAM then drove the woman back to
the house, where the woman got out of the car and went into the house.
12. On or about April 11, 2022, law enforcement officers saw the Co-Con-
spirator and another person in the back seat of a car in New Milford, Connecticut.
The Co-Conspirator was holding a knotted wrap containing what turned out to be
crack cocaine. Officers approached the car and spoke with both people.
b. Law enforcement officers have also spoken with the other passen-
ger on multiple occasions; the passenger told law enforcement that:
13. I have reviewed records from TextNow for the Co-Conspirator’s phone
number and learned that it was in frequent contact with the 9203 number belonging
to DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, through TextNow. For example,
from March 25, 2022, through April 10, 2022, the Co-Conspirator’s phone number
and PULLIAM’s 9203 number called one another at least 51 times.
2I discuss in greater detail below the Co-Conspirator’s statements about the murder
of Lori Lee Campbell and the disposal of her body.
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14. On or about April 12, 2022, I and another law enforcement officer spoke
with a customer of DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, in Danbury,
Connecticut (the “Danbury Customer”). The Danbury Customer explained that the
Danbury Customer had purchased crack from “Doc” on multiple occasions at the cus-
tomer’s apartment complex, typically paying approximately $50. 3 Law enforcement
officers have reviewed PULLIAM’s credit card statements and learned that the cus-
tomer had sent PULLIAM money by CashApp in small amount consistent with drug
transactions. Moreover, I have watched surveillance footage from the Danbury Cus-
tomer’s complex, and seen PULLIAM arrive at that complex, in his Honda Accord, on
multiple occasions.
15. Law enforcement officers have spoken with at least five people in Con-
necticut, who informed law enforcement that:
a. For the past several months, “Doc” has supplied them with drugs,
including crack cocaine.
16. On or about April 8, 2022, the Connecticut State Police conducted a traf-
fic stop of DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, while he was driving his
Honda Accord. They found crack cocaine on PULLIAM and arrested him. They also
found a cellular telephone, for which a judge issued a search warrant. I have reviewed
electronically stored information from that phone and learned the following:
3In my training and experience, the retail price of crack cocaine is around $100 a
gram; so $50 would correspond to about half a gram of crack cocaine.
4 Even if PULLIAM had no customers other than each of these five customers, and
sold each one the minimum amount (half a gram) at the lowest level of frequency
(once a week), over the 15 weeks from January through last week, that would equal
37.5 grams of crack.
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know that “hard” and “soft” are common slang for, respectively, crack cocaine and
powder cocaine.
17. On or about April 3, 2022, law enforcement officers spoke with another
person who admitted to selling crack cocaine with DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,”
the defendant. That person explained that, several weeks before the murder of Lori
Lynn Campbell, PULLIAM and that person drove to Campbell’s home in Carmel,
New York, where PULLIAM sold crack cocaine to Campbell.
18. I have reviewed cell site data for the 9203 number belonging to
DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, as well as license-plate-reader data,
and learned that the phone using PULLIAM’s 9203 number and PULLIAM’s Honda
Accord frequently travel from in and about Patterson, New York, to various locations
in Connecticut, including to areas around where those crack-cocaine customers of
PULLIAM’s who law enforcement has interviewed lived. For example, on or about
March 29, 2022, PULLIAM traveled from Patterson, New York, to Danbury Connect-
icut. I have reviewed surveillance footage from the Danbury Customer’s apartment
complex for that day, and saw that PULLIAM visited the apartment complex and
walked to the Danbury Customer’s apartment. The Danbury Customer told law en-
forcement that the Danbury Customer bought crack cocaine from PULLIAM that day.
Pulliam Murders Lori Lynn Campbell, Drives Her Body to North Carolina, and
Buries Her Body
19. On or about April 2, 2022, two different people approached the Putnam
County Sheriff’s Office at separate times to report that they had not heard from Lori
Lynn Campbell since March 27, 2022; each said that the last contact they had with
Campbell was by text message on March 27, 2022. They each explained that Camp-
bell used a phone number ending in 5688.
20. A law enforcement officer spoke with one of Campbell’s neighbors, who
told the officer that the neighbor last saw Campbell getting into her car—an Acura
RSX 6—on or about March 28, 2022.
5The phone showed the text as coming from a customer with the same first name as
the Danbury Customer.
6 According to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, a 2003 Acura RSX
is registered to Campbell. Law enforcement officers used the license plate assigned
to that car to identify the car, as discussed in this Complaint.
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21. I have reviewed toll records for Campbell’s 5688 number and learned:
22. I have reviewed cell site records for Campbell’s 5688 number and the
9203 number belonging to DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, and
learned:
b. On or about March 28, 2022, from about 10:13 am, to March 29,
2022, at about 11:00 am, the phone using Campbell’s 5688 number was in the area of
the apartment complex in Patterson, New York, where PULLIAM lives.
24. Investigators spoke with the Co-Conspirator, who told them the follow-
ing:
7In my training and experience, if a phone goes dead—its battery runs out—there
will be no cell site activity.
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Conspirator drove around the New Milford, Connecticut, area 8 in PULLIAM’s Accord
and Pulliam told the Co-Conspirator: “you’re tied in.”
b. Later that day, PULLIAM told the Co-Conspirator that they “had
to leave.” PULLIAM and the Co-Conspirator drove south, toward North Carolina, in
PULLIAM’s Accord. While driving, PULLIAM said that PULLIAM had suspected
that Campbell was stealing drugs from him. 9 PULLIAM said that he noticed that a
bag of crack cocaine—a sale quantity of approximately a gram—was missing, so he
put out another bag of crack cocaine to see what would happen. PULLIAM said that
PULLIAM and Campbell were at PULLIAM’s house, using drugs, when PULLIAM
saw that the second bag of crack was also missing. PULLIAM said that PULLIAM
confronted Campbell about the thefts. PULLIAM said that Campbell tried to leave,
but PULLIAM would not let her do so. PULLIAM said that Campbell started scream-
ing, and PULLIAM “stopped her from screaming.” PULLIAM told the Co-Conspirator
that this was not the first time he has “done this.”
8New Milford, Connecticut, Danbury, Connecticut, Brewster, New York, and Patter-
son, New York, are all within several miles of one another.
9 I spoke with a crack-cocaine customer of DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the de-
fendant, who told me that, some time before the murder, the customer was at Lori
Lee Campbell’s home with, among others, PULLIAM. On that occasion, PULLIAM
accused Campbell of stealing a bag of crack from him.
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25. In a subsequent conversation with investigators, the Co-Conspirator ad-
mitted greater culpability:
26. According to the Connecticut State Police, on or about April 2, 2022, law
enforcement officers recovered Campbell’s Acura from the parking lot of a Connecti-
cut Welcome Center in Danbury, Connecticut.
27. I have reviewed cell site data for both Campbell’s 5688 number and the
9203 number belonging to DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, and
learned the following:
a. On March 29, 2022, the phones using both Campbell’s 5688 num-
ber and PULLIAM’s 9203 number were in the area of PULLIAM’s apartment complex
in Patterson, New York between approximately 5:36 am and 5:47 am, and between
approximately 9:38 am and 9:54 am.
b. On March 29, 2022, the phone using Campbell’s 5688 number was
in the area of I-84 and Starr Ridge Road in Brewster, New York, around 11:10 am.
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28. I have reviewed surveillance videos and photographs, and data from li-
cense-plate readers, looking for Campbell’s Acura RSX and the Honda Accord belong-
ing to DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, and learned the following:
29. I have reviewed cell site data, highway surveillance video, and data pro-
vided by bridges and license-plate readers and learned the following:
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LIAM’s Honda Accord was captured heading north on I-295 in Delaware; at approxi-
mately 10:35 pm, a vehicle with the same license plate as the Chevrolet Blazer in
which PULLIAM was later seen was captured heading north on I-295 in Delaware. 12
30. I have reviewed records from TextNow for the Co-Conspirator’s phone
number and learned that, despite the frequent contact with the 9203 number belong-
ing to DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, through TextNow, as dis-
cussed above, after PULLIAM’s 9203 number called the Co-Conspirator’s phone num-
ber at approximately 12:01 pm on March 28, 2022, there were no phone calls between
PULLIAM’s 9203 number and the Co-Conspirator’s phone number until April 2,
2022, at approximately 1:05 pm.
31. On or about April 4, 2022, I and another law enforcement officer saw
DWAYNE PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, in Danbury, Connecticut. PUL-
LIAM was driving a black 1999 Chevrolet Blazer with the license plate captured
heading north on April 2, 2022, as discussed above. We spoke with PULLIAM, who
told us, among other things:
12According to TextNow records, during the drive north, the Co-Conspirator’s phone
number and PULLIAM’s 9203 number texted one another several times regarding
driving directions, with texts such as “I’m at Dublin donuts” and “I am at same exit
where I lost you.”
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b. The facility did not issue a work phone to PULLIAM and does not
send PULLIAM e-mails regarding new patients.
33. On or about April 20, 2022, other law enforcement officers and I went to
the cul-de-sac in North Carolina where the Co-Conspirator said that DWAYNE PUL-
LIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, took Campbell’s body out of PULLIAM’s Honda
Accord. The day before, law enforcement officers had recovered the body from the
area indicated by the Co-Conspirator; they told me that it was wrapped in plastic. I
looked at the area where the body was recovered, and saw that it was dug up from a
shallow grave. I have seen photographs of Campbell from when she was alive, and,
upon viewing the exhumed body, I saw that it was covered in a mineral, like lime or
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34. Also on or about April 20, 2022, law enforcement officers executed a
search warrant on the house and shed belonging to the mother of DWAYNE PUL-
LIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, and found, among other things, two shovels con-
sistent with the Co-Conspirator’s description.
35. On or about April 20, 2022, law enforcement officers arrested DWAYNE
PULLIAM, a/k/a “Doc,” the defendant, in the area of New Milford, Connecticut.
13In my training and experience, I know that medical examiners can often perform
various tests to confirm the identity of a body. However, it typically takes time to do
so.
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