Erwin D. Owens, PCP and Meth Trafficking, Ohio 2022

An Ohio man was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for his role in a scheme to distribute over three gallons of PCP and methamphetamine obtained through the U.S. mail.

According to court documents, in May 2020, investigators with the United States Postal Inspection Service identified three mail parcels suspected of containing drugs. After obtaining search warrants for the parcels, postal inspectors found that each parcel contained approximately one gallon of PCP concealed in acetone containers.

Investigators identified Dawuan L. Williams as the intended recipient of the three parcels in Ohio, and Erwin D. Owens as the person who mailed them from California.

Between February and March 2021, postal inspectors seized two more parcels that had been sent from California to addresses in Ohio. Each of those two parcels was found to contain approximately one kilogram of methamphetamine.

Postal inspectors eventually identified Nathan Stewart as the intended recipient of those two drug parcels in Ohio and Owens as the person who sent them from California.

Erwin D. Owens, 39, of Compton, California, was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison on April 25, 2022. Nathan Stewart, 40, of North Olmsted, Ohio, was sentenced to 6 years in prison on April 25, 2022. Dawuan L. Williams, 47, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was previously sentenced to 7 years in prison on January 3, 2022.

This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys James P. Lewis and Vasile C. Katsaros.

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