89 03-04-88 09:43 pps (refiling as bc-revcrack) SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) _ A self-proclaimed m

   89 03-04-88 09:43 pps (refiling as bc-revcrack)

   SAN  FRANCISCO (UPI) _ A self-proclaimed minister was indicted
Friday for allegedly lying to  grand  jurors  about  real  estate
purchases made for a suspected cocaine kingpin.

   Roosevelt  Taylor  Jr.,  42,  was named in a six-count federal
grand  jury  indictment  charging  him  with   perjury   in   the
investigation of alleged Oakland cocaine dealer Rudy Henderson.

   Henderson and nine others were indicted last year on 40 counts
in an alleged cocaine conspiracy and are awaiting trial.

   U.S.  Magistrate Joan Brennan ordered bail set at $100,000 for
Taylor.

   Taylor, who says he is minister of Acts Full Gospel Church  of
Oakland,  allegedly acted as a real estate agent for Henderson in
the purchase of a palatial Sonoma County residence  estimated  at
$1   million   in   value,  according  to  U.S.  Attorney  Joseph
Russoniello.

   The indictment says Taylor lied to grand jurors about his role
in the 1984 purchase of the property.

   He told grand jurors  he  had  no  part  in  the  transaction,
according to the indictment.

   Taylor  worked  at  the  time  for  Chabot  Realty in Oakland,
according to the indictment.

   A week ago, Taylor was quoted in  a  San  Francisco  newspaper
saying he is a minister who runs a drug rehabilitation program in
Oakland.

   He  claimed  in  the article about the "crack" problem that he
was one of the early pioneers in the creation of "crack"  in  the
San Francisco Bay area in the late 1970s.

   Crack is  a  processed form of cocaine.  The cocaine powder is
made into small rocks by mixing it with  baking  soda  or  highly
flammable ether.

   The "crack" can then be smoked.

   Taylor  faces  a  maximum  of  30  years  in prison and a $1.5
million fine if convicted on the perjury charges.