Kinnard Riggs, Fentanyl Conspiracy, Maryland 2022

Baltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore man has pleaded guilty to fentanyl conspiracy charges, according to a recent plea agreement.

Kinnard Riggs, 47, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a mixture containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.

The guilty plea 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; and Commissioner Michael Harrison of the Baltimore Police Department.

According to their guilty pleas, as a result of a 2019 OCDETF Strike Force investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Riggs was identified as an associate of the “Special” DTO.

Between September and October 2019, investigators intercepted communications of individuals associated with the Special DTO and observed Riggs conducting trafficking activity, including hand-to-hand drug transactions within the DTO’s territory. Intercepted communications and observations established that the DTO operated on a daily basis.

Specifically, in November 2019, during a controlled purchase involving an undercover officer, Riggs gave two DTO associates a clear bag and engaged in a hand-to-hand drug transaction in an alley. Soon after that transaction, the undercover officer purchased 10 gelatin fentanyl capsules from the same two DTO associates. Chemical analysis of these purchases identified the presence of fentanyl.

Riggs faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison followed by up to a lifetime of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar has scheduled sentencing for June 14, 2022, at 2:00 p.m.

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