Brian Jenkins, Crack Cocaine Trafficking, Maryland 2019

A notorious Brentwood, Maryland man has been convicted of his role in a nearly year-long narcotics conspiracy that spanned Washington, D.C. and Maryland, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.

Brian Jenkins, 44, pled guilty today to trafficking in crack and powder cocaine as part of a narcotics conspiracy. Jenkins was arrested on the morning of March 15, 2018, and his residence was searched pursuant to a warrant. At Jenkins’ residence, the FBI recovered cocaine, $12,900 in U.S. currency, a loaded handgun with multiple magazines, and a crack cocaine manufacturing kit.

Jenkins pled guilty before the Honorable Richard J. Leon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base and a detectable amount of cocaine. The charge requires a mandatory minimum sentence of five years of incarceration and up to 40 years imprisonment.

Jenkins accepted responsibility for a firearm possessed in his Maryland residence at the time that he was arrested as part of his plea agreement. Judge Leon scheduled Jenkins’ sentencing for July 18, 2019.

Four other defendants have pled guilty to charges in the case. They include Everette Reel, 46, of Upper Marlboro, Md; Jamal Curtis, 41, of Washington, D.C., Derek Holmes, 54, of Washington, D.C., and Russell Harrison, 40, of Temple Hills, Md. Reel, Curtis, and Holmes are now serving sentences and Harrison is to be sentenced on May 1, 2019.

The case remains pending against another defendant, Darnell Catlett, 46, of Upper Marlboro, Md.

This case is part of an Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation. U.S. Attorney Liu and Assistant Director in Charge McNamara commended the work of those who investigated the case, citing the efforts of those who worked on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/maryland-man-pled-guilty-participating-drug-trafficking-conspiracy-and-possessing-firearm