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Mikhnail DelRosario Sentenced to 11 Years for Maryland Marijuana Ring
A 28-year-old Silver Spring man was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his role in a massive marijuana trafficking operation in Montgomery County, Maryland. Mikhnail DelRosario, also known as Mickey, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 700 kilograms of marijuana and conspiring to commit money laundering.
According to court documents, DelRosario conspired with Billymir Mancilla-Brevichet, Chamron Thach, Carlos Escobar, and others to distribute marijuana in the Montgomery County area from March 2011 to December 2012. During the time of the conspiracy, DelRosario received 2 to 4 pound packages of marijuana from Mancilla at least two to three times per month, and paid Mancilla between $3,000 and $4,000 per pound of marijuana.
Mancilla acquired large amounts of high-quality marijuana from suppliers in California and elsewhere, and arranged for the transport of the marijuana by plane, car, and mail to co-conspirators in Montgomery County, including DelRosario. The conspirators also engaged in financial transactions that were designed to conceal the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the drug proceeds.
DelRosario was intercepted on over seventy-five drug-related telephone conversations on Mancilla and Thach’s telephones, during which he discussed the sale of and arranged drug transactions involving marijuana. On at least five occasions, DelRosario traveled to California to receive marijuana and to transport drug proceeds in the form of bulk cash to Mancilla.
DelRosario packaged and shipped the marijuana from Mancilla’s California residence to Maryland for redistribution. The conspirators also transported at least 100 pounds of marijuana at a time by car to a storage facility in Maryland, where Mancilla arranged for DelRosario and others to pick up multiple pounds of marijuana for re-distribution.
U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein, Special Agent in Charge William Winter of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, and Chief J. Thomas Manger of the Montgomery County Police Department announced the sentence. Chief Judge Deborah K. Chasanow also ordered that DelRosario forfeit $1 million, believed to be the proceeds of the drug and money laundering conspiracies.
Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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