Coron Demon Johnson, Heroin Distribution, Maryland 2019

Baltimore Heroin Dealer Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Heroin In Maryland

A Baltimore heroin dealer has pleaded guilty to distributing heroin in Maryland, resulting in a fatal overdose. Coron Demon Johnson, a/k/a Savage, age 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty on April 2, 2019, to distribution of heroin.

The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Special Agent in Charge Jesse R. Fong of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Washington Field Division; Chief Henry P. Stawinski III of the Prince George’s County Police Department; and Chief John Nesky of the Bowie Police Department.

According to his plea agreement, on August 11, 2017, Johnson sold heroin to an individual in Annapolis, Maryland. The customer returned to her home in Bowie, Maryland, and went to her bedroom. The next day, the individual was found in her bedroom, unresponsive. First responders administered CPR, but the victim was pronounced dead a few minutes later.

The medical examiner performed an autopsy and determined that the victim’s cause of death was heroin intoxication. Law enforcement officers took possession of the victim’s phone following the fatal overdose. A short time later, Johnson texted the phone, asking if the victim was “coming get some this fire today.”

A law enforcement officer, posing as the victim, responded to Johnson. Johnson, via text, arranged to meet the law enforcement officer, posing as the victim, in Bowie, in order to sell the victim $139 worth of heroin. At the agreed-upon time, Johnson texted that he had arrived at the meeting locations.

Judge George J. Hazel has scheduled sentencing for July 8, 2019. The government and Johnson have agreed that if the Court accepts the plea agreement Johnson will be sentenced to between 8 and 15 years in prison.

United States Attorney Robert K. Hur commended the DEA, the Prince George’s County Police Department, and the Bowie Police Department for their work in the investigation. Mr. Hur thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Erin B. Pulice and Kelly O. Hayes, who are prosecuting the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/baltimore-heroin-dealer-pleads-guilty-distribution-heroin