WASHINGTON – Darryl Smith, a 44-year-old self-identified manager of a Southeast Washington barbershop, has been indicted on federal charges related to an investigation into alleged drug trafficking at the business and in the surrounding area.
The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Thomas L. Chittum III, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Division of the ATF, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Smith, of Washington, D.C., is among three defendants charged with various offenses following the investigation into alleged drug trafficking from the Next Level Cuts barbershop and surrounding property in the 2400 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE.
He was arraigned on March 12, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on a superseding indictment filed earlier this month that charges him with firearms and narcotics offenses. He pled not guilty to the charges and remains held pending further court proceedings.
The indictment includes narcotics and weapons offenses related to Smith’s arrest on Dec. 24, 2017, by the Metropolitan Police Department in the 2400 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE. On that date, he was allegedly in the possession of a loaded firearm and packaged capsules of fentanyl after he fled officers following a drug transaction on the street.
Additionally, Smith faces PCP drug trafficking and other charges stemming from a search warrant that was executed on Feb. 1, 2018 at the business. During the search, law enforcement recovered three firearms from the barbershop and adjoining property, more than $7,000 in cash, more than 800 grams of PCP, more than 300 grams of heroin, and boxes of Suboxone strips.
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- Antonio Oseguera Cervantes Charged with International Cocaine and Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy, Washington D.C., 2023 · Washington
- Ndubuisi Joseph Okafor, Opioid Trafficking, Washington DC, 2024 · Washington
- Evan Tangeman, Fentanyl Trafficking, Washington D.C., 2024 · Washington
Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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