Donronald Dosey, Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Six Years, Maryland 2023

A Baltimore man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that could have potentially killed 20,000 people.

Donronald Dosey, 33, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced on [undisclosed date] by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake for possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl.

According to his plea agreement, from October 2020 through March 1, 2021, Dosey was part of a drug trafficking conspiracy involving large amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances.

Dosey and his co-conspirators operated a stash house in an apartment in Pikesville, Maryland, where they processed fentanyl and other drugs, mixing them with cutting agents and packaging them for resale.

On March 1, 2021, law enforcement saw Dosey leave the apartment with a co-conspirator, who was carrying a bag that contained narcotics. They entered a vehicle and drove away. Law enforcement followed the vehicle to a drug store parking lot in the 1500 block of Reisterstown Road in Pikesville, where Dosey and his co-conspirator planned to conduct a drug transaction.

Law enforcement stopped the vehicle and searched Dosey and the vehicle, recovering 20 separate clear plastic bags, each containing approximately 50 gelatin capsules. The gelcaps contained a mixture of fentanyl weighing a total of 569 grams, which Dosey admitted he intended to distribute.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Assistant Special Agent in Charge Orville O. Greene of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Baltimore District Office; Chief Melissa R. Hyatt of the Baltimore County Police Department; and Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department.

United States Attorney Erek L. Barron praised the DEA, the Baltimore County Police Department, and the Baltimore Police Department for their work in the investigation. Mr. Barron thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jason D. Medinger and Anatoly Smolkin, who prosecuted the case.

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