Michael Ryan Martin, Heroin and Oxycodone Distribution, Virginia 2015

Alexandria-based crime investigators have brought a Fairfax Station man to justice for his role in a heroin and oxycodone distribution ring.

Michael Ryan Martin, 32, of Fairfax Station, was sentenced to 144 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute heroin and oxycodone.

According to court documents, Martin illegally distributed oxycodone tablets and utilized the proceeds from these sales to purchase heroin, a portion of which he sold to other individuals.

On December 3, 2014, Martin distributed heroin to Christopher Ritchie, a 30-year-old resident of Aldie, who subsequently died the same day due to heroin poisoning.

Martin pleaded guilty on September 17, 2015, and today the court determined that he significantly impeded law enforcement officials’ investigation of Ritchie’s death by providing false statements to detectives from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office.

The court also ordered Martin to forfeit $71,840, which represented the illegal proceeds that Martin obtained from the offense.

A statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia indicated that this case was the result of an investigation by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, and the DEA’s Washington Field Division.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Neal Christiansen and Joshua Champagne, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kosta Stojilkovic prosecuted the case.

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