Cocaine Trafficking – Greenbelt, Maryland
A St. Mary’s County cocaine dealer has been sentenced to over 15 years in prison for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine hydrochloride and 280 grams of cocaine base, commonly known as crack.
Damon Jerome Estep, a/k/a ‘Country’, age 38, of California, Maryland, was sentenced to 188 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow.
According to his plea agreement, from February 2012 to April 2013, Estep conspired with Alrahman Allen, Jamar Holt and Jeffrey Berry to distribute cocaine and crack in southern St. Mary’s County.
Nearly every week, Estep, Berry and others met Allen in the Glen Burnie area and paid Allen for one-fourth, one-half and one kilogram quantities of cocaine for further distribution in St. Mary’s County by Estep and others at Estep’s direction.
Estep is accused of storing the powder and crack cocaine in several locations, including 20141 Point Lookout Road in Great Mills, and 18310 Three Notch Road in Lexington Park.
Co-defendants Alrahman Sharif Allen, a/k/a ‘Rock’ and ‘Rahman Allen;,’ Jamar Holt, a/k/a ‘Reds’ and ‘Jamal Holt;,’ and Jeffrey Kirk Berry, a/k/a ‘Kojack,’ previously pleaded guilty to their participation in the conspiracy and await sentencing.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the DEA and the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office for their work in the investigation, thanking Assistant U.S. Attorneys Leah Jo Bressack and James A. Crowell, IV who prosecuted the case.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release —
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