Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory, co-founder of the Black Mafia Family (BMF), has been released from prison and will complete his sentence at a halfway house, according to a report by TMZ. Flenory, who was arrested in 2005 and later sentenced to 30 years for drug trafficking and money laundering, was recently transferred from FCI Coleman Low in Wildwood to a community confinement facility overseen by the Bureau of Prisons’ Miami Residential Reentry Management Office.
Originally set to serve his full sentence, Flenory had nearly three years shaved off his prison term in 2024. He is now expected to be fully released on January 27, 2026, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The Black Mafia Family, founded by Demetrius and his brother Terry in 1985 in Detroit, became one of the most notorious drug-trafficking and money-laundering operations in the U.S. With over 500 members nationwide, BMF earned more than $270 million between 1989 and 2005, according to Newsweek.
By 2000, the Flenory brothers had established a vast cocaine distribution network connected to Mexican drug cartels. Demetrius also founded BMF Entertainment, a hip-hop music business used as a front for the criminal enterprise's operations.
In October 2005, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested 30 members of the BMF during a major drug raid, seizing $2 million in cash, weapons, and cocaine. In 2007, the Flenory brothers pleaded guilty to operating a large-scale cocaine distribution network and were both sentenced to 30 years in prison.
This story was sourced from TMZ and the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, with confirmation of Flenory's transfer to a halfway house.
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