He Built Detroit’s $100 Million H*roin Empire Then Vanished From the Streets

He Built Detroit’s $100 Million H*roin Empire Then Vanished From the Streets A car heading west on Interstate 94 toward Chicago is waiting at a traffic stop. The man in the car had been a federal fugitive for thirteen months. His name was Leroy Buttrom. In Detroit, they called him Gun. Federal prosecutors would say he organized and managed the heroin ring known as Pony Down. At its peak, that ring was estimated to take in one hundred million dollars a year.