A Baltimore heroin kingpin has been sentenced to life in prison after a 14-day jury trial.
Roy Lee Clay, 47, of Baltimore, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin.
U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake enhanced Clay’s sentence based on two previous drug trafficking convictions.
According to testimony at Clay’s trial, he was one of the leaders of a heroin trafficking organization that operated from April 2009 through November 2011.
Clay and co-defendant Walter Powell obtained heroin from co-defendant Danilo Garcia, who employed couriers to transport the heroin from New York to Baltimore and to return cash from the drug sales to New York.
Walter Powell, 61, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to the heroin conspiracy and was sentenced to 121 months in prison.
Co-conspirator Danilo Garcia, 43, of Bronx, New York, was convicted at trial and sentenced to 188 months in prison for the heroin conspiracy, and for distribution of heroin.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release —
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