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Armed Robber Exiled to 35 Years In Federal Prison

September 11, 2008
SEP 11 -- (Baltimore, Maryland) - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Rahsean Holmes, age 30, today to 35 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit a commercial robbery, conspiracy to distribute narcotics, use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime...

Two Charged In Frederick County Meth Lab Bust

September 09, 2008
SEP 9 -- (Baltimore, MD) – On September 5, 2008, Toby Thomas, age 34, and Rose Johnson, age 31, both of Frederick, Maryland were charged by complaint today with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, after law enforcement searched their residence early this morning and seized items used to produce methamphetamine, announced...

Operator of Charm City Motors Sentenced to Almost 11 Years

August 08, 2008
AUG 8 -- (Baltimore, Maryland) - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Harrington Campbell, age 34, of Baltimore, today to 130 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and structuring...

Fairfax County Man Pleads Guilty to Drug, Gambling Charges

August 05, 2008
AUG 5 -- (ALEXANDRIA, VA) -– Dwight F. Day, Jr., 45, of Fairfax Station, Virginia, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and conspiracy to engage in an illegal gambling business. Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Shawn Johnson...

Pharmacy Owners Convicted of Illegally Selling 10 Million Hydrocodone Pills Over The Internet, Laundering $20 Million in Proceeds and Failing to Pay Taxes

August 01, 2008
AUG 01 -- (Baltimore, Maryland) – A federal jury today convicted Steven Abiodun Sodipo, age 51, of Forest Hill, Maryland and Callixtus Onigbo Nwaehiri, age 49, of Jarrettsville, Maryland of illegally selling 9,936,075 pills or dosage units of hydrocodone over the Internet, conspiracy to launder money, engaging in monetary transactions...

26th Annual IDEC to be held in Turkey

June 30, 2008
JUN 30 --(Washington, D.C.) – On July 8-10, the Turkish National Police in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will preside over the 26th - annual International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC), which will bring together over 300 high-level drug law enforcement officials from 93 countries throughout the world...

Second Truck Driver Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Delivering Drugs in Marijuana and Cocaine Conspiracy

June 17, 2008
JUN 17 -- Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Robert May, also known as “Chico,” age 49 of Hazzard, Kentucky, today to 151 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine and over 1000 kilograms...

Three Indicted for Conspiracy to Illegally Distribute Almost $8 Million in Prescription Diet Drugs

June 13, 2008
JUN 19 -- Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment chargingSusana Mendez, age 49, Jose Riopedre, age 50, both of Miami, Florida, and Derrick Truby, age 45, of Catonsville, Maryland, with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced United States Attorney...

11 Conspirators Indicted for Importing Large Quantities of Cocaine and Heroin

March 06, 2008
MAR 6 -- (Baltimore, MD) - A grand jury indicted 11 conspirators for conspiracy to import and sell five kilograms or more of cocaine and one kilogram or more of heroin during a seven year period, announced Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration...

5 Arrested, Meth Lab Seized in Spotsylvania County

January 29, 2008
JAN 29 -- In the predawn hours of January 18th, law enforcement officers from the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office, executed four high-risk search warrants in the Sylvania Heights section of Spotsylvania County. The multi-agency...
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