Calvin Ray Brown, Drug Trafficking, Virginia 2022

FAIRFAX, Va. - A Fairfax man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Calvin Ray Brown, 50, admitted to selling counterfeit pressed pills containing fentanyl to a Fairfax County Police Department confidential source and undercover detective multiple times in March and April 2022.

According to court documents, Brown and a co-conspirator sold the counterfeit pills on multiple occasions. When a search warrant was executed on Brown’s residence, officers recovered 999 counterfeit pressed pills containing fentanyl, approximately 723 grams of methamphetamine, over 500 grams of cocaine, and 665 grams of N,N-dimethylpentylone, a federally unscheduled substance similar to MDMA.

Officers also recovered $25,001 in cash, a loaded semi-automatic “ghost” gun, and a bulletproof ballistics vest during the search. Brown admitted to distributing fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, MDMA, and crack cocaine since January 2021. He stated that he and his co-conspirator had obtained about 1000 fentanyl pills every two weeks, and had also obtained 1 kilogram of methamphetamine and 8 kilograms of cocaine.

Brown has a lengthy criminal history, which includes numerous convictions for drug trafficking, as well as a conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Brown is scheduled to be sentenced on June 26. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Washington Division, and the Fairfax County Police Department are working together to combat drug trafficking in the area.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Lauren Hahn is prosecuting the case.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:23-cr-30.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/convicted-felon-pleads-guilty-drug-trafficking