Diplomat’s son told U.S. cops about other drug ripoffs, documents show

A Canadian teenager accused of involvement in a drug-related ripoff in Miami that left his older brother dead said they had pulled similar stunts in Canada, police documents state.

Marc Wabafiyebazu, 15, of Ottawa, appeared briefly Wednesday in a Miami court, where the prosecution said a grand jury would consider whether to bring formal felony murder or other charges against him.

His mother, Roxanne Dubé, who is Canada’s consul general in Miami, attended the hearing but did not speak to reporters.

The documents obtained by The Canadian Press also claim Wabafiyebazu was brandishing a handgun outside a residence when police arrested him.

“(Wabafiyebazu) stated that he went to the house to steal the drugs while he waited in the car, but then his brother got killed,” police say in an arrest affidavit. “Defendant continued to state that he was from Canada and they had done the same type of thing in Canada and had also done other drug ripoffs in Miami.”

At Wednesday’s hearing, assistant state attorney Marie Mato said the grand jury could also decide to charge him as an adult.

“If indeed that happens, we will be immediately entering a not guilty plea and defending the case on the merits,” his lawyer, Curt Obront, said in an email.

Wabafiyebazu was arrested March 30 after the shooting deaths of his brother Jean, 17, and Joshua Wright, also 17.

Police allege the brothers had gone to a home with the intention of stealing marijuana from a dealer.

While the younger sibling waited with the car outside, the older teen went inside.

Responding officers found the older Wabafiyebazu and Wright dead.

Marc Wabafiyebazu remains detained as a juvenile on suspicion of being an accessory to murder, having a firearm as a minor, discharging a firearm in a public place, and for allegedly threatening to shoot an officer in the head after his arrest.