Marcid Byrd, Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking, Virginia 2024

Two Hampton men pleaded guilty to their respective roles in a multi-kilogram drug trafficking conspiracy that operated in the peninsula area of the Hampton Roads.

Marcid Byrd, 35, was a cocaine source of supply to Damarcus Mackie, 44. Once Byrd was unable to obtain more cocaine from his source, he would make arrangements with Mackie to obtain cocaine from him. Byrd sold both a few ounces of cocaine at a time and multi-kilogram quantities. In addition to cocaine and cocaine base, Mackie also trafficked in a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. Mackie used one co-conspirator’s home in York County to manufacture heroin/fentanyl pills for distribution. These pills were pressed to look like commonly marketed opioid pills, such as Oxycodone.

Mackie pleaded guilty to operating a continuing criminal enterprise and faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison when sentenced on June 19. Byrd pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, two counts of distribution of cocaine, three counts of using a communication facility in furtherance of drug trafficking, and promotion money laundering. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum of life plus 92 years in prison when sentenced on May 7.

The case was investigated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), Operation Cookout. The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies supplemental federal funding to federal and state agencies involved in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of major drug trafficking organizations.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 4:19-cr-047.

Defendant: Marcid Byrd, Real full name: Marcid Byrd, Exact criminal charges: conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, two counts of distribution of cocaine, three counts of using a communication facility in furtherance of drug trafficking, and promotion money laundering. City and state: Hampton, VA. Exact date: May 7, 2024, Sentence or outcome: 10 years to life plus 92 years in prison. Dollar amounts: none.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/two-men-plead-guilty-heroin-fentanyl-and-cocaine-conspiracy