BOSTON (WWLP) - The founder of a Boston nonprofit that claims to provide re-entry support services has been indicted on sex and drug trafficking charges.
According to the U.S. District Attorney's Office, 36-year-old Javan Tooley of Dorchester and Brockton was indicted last Thursday by a federal grand jury on one count of distributing 28 grams or more of cocaine base.
Tooley is the founder and CEO of Adapt & Evolve LLC, which presents itself as a community re-entry support organization. Prosecutors allege he used the nonprofit’s phone to coordinate drug transactions and claimed connections to law enforcement and influential officials to intimidate others.
According to court filings, Tooley has a lengthy criminal record. In 2010, he was convicted in U.S. District Court in Boston of distri