DC Man Sentenced To 5 Years For Cocaine Trafficking

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DC Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Cocaine Trafficking

A 47-year-old Washington D.C. man has been sentenced to five years in prison for possessing cocaine base with the intent to distribute.

Manulito Chambliss, a repeat offender, was pulled over by police on December 23, 2017, after he was spotted driving a silver Infiniti with only one headlight. Chambliss initially attempted to flee from police but eventually became stuck in traffic and was apprehended.

During a search of the vehicle, police found 346 small zip lock bags containing 44 grams of cocaine base on the driver’s seat and on Chambliss’s person.

This is Chambliss’s fourth felony drug conviction in the District of Columbia. He pleaded guilty to the charges in August 2018 and was sentenced to five years in prison, with four years of supervised release to follow.

The case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, with Assistant U.S. Attorneys C.B. Buente and Vincent Caputy handling the matter.

U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department Peter Newsham commended the work of those involved in the investigation and prosecution of the case.

Chambliss’s sentence serves as a reminder of the serious consequences of engaging in cocaine trafficking in the nation’s capital.

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