Trio Charged with Dealing Drugs out of Miami Retail Plaza

Three Miami men are facing federal drug trafficking and firearm charges after they allegedly distributed fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin through a barbecue restaurant and neighboring businesses in Northwest Miami-Dade County.

On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced a nine-count indictment against 45-year-old Antwan Bailey, 52-year-old Eddie Gene Worthy Jr., and 52-year-old Willie Weatherspoon. The charges include conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, distribution of a controlled substance, and distribution of more than 400 grams of fentanyl and 30 grams of heroin. Bailey and Worthy were also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, respectively.

According to the complaint, the trio used a Miami retail plaza just north of SR 112 in the Brownsville neighborhood to conduct their operation. The FBI had received information last December that individuals were trafficking narcotics through a restaurant called Brother and Sisters BBQ Pit at 4530 NW 27th Ave.

With the help of a confidential source, the FBI determined that the three men used three businesses inside the retail plaza — Brother and Sisters, Willie’s Late Nite, and Wet-N-Wild Tattoos — to distribute heroin, fentanyl, marijuana, and cocaine. The shared parking lot, according to prosecutors, served as the meeting point for deliveries.

The complaint lays out the different drug purchases the confidential source made while working with law enforcement.

“[The confidential source] made contact with Bailey in the parking lot at approximately 3:00 p.m. on or about March 18. 2025,” the complaint states. “Bailey invited [the confidential source] to enter Willie’s Late Nite with him. [They] entered Willie’s Late Night through a black door marked ‘3.’ [The confidential source] observed Bailey retrieve a bag of powder and package the powder.”

The source provided the suspected fentanyl powder to law enforcement. Testing confirmed that the power was a 112.9-gram mixture of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and other substances, according to the complaint.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and the City of Miami Police Department assisted in the investigation.

If convicted, the three men face up to life in prison.