Nathan Antonio Davis, 37, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty on January 3, 2017, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The plea marks the final chapter in a violent, meticulously planned scheme to rob a drug stash house in Maryland — a plot that unraveled at the hands of an ATF undercover agent.
Davis was part of a five-man crew that included Raymond Dexter Parker, 37, of District Heights; Adrian A. Vinson, a/k/a Buck Man, 37, and Wayne Ellis Hampton, Jr., 40, both of Laurel; and Tavon Lee Crews, 19, of District Heights. All co-defendants previously pleaded guilty. Together, they conspired from at least November 2015 to May 3, 2016, to target drug dealers, steal narcotics, and arm themselves for violent home invasions.
The operation came to light during a series of recorded meetings with an ATF undercover agent. On April 13, 2016, Davis and Parker met the agent to discuss a planned armed robbery. By April 21, Vinson, Crews, and others joined the planning session. Vinson boasted he would use a fake police badge to gain entry. Davis confirmed he and Parker had carried out similar robberies before. The crew discussed weapons, roles, and escape tactics in chilling detail.
On May 3, 2016 — the day of the planned heist — the group gathered again. Crews was seen retrieving a loaded firearm from the floor of Parker’s car before stashing it under the seat. At the final meeting, Davis revealed he had a 60,000-volt taser, a revolver, gloves, and duct tape. He asked whether the armed guards inside the stash house should be left alive. Parker was seen wiping down a loaded firearm; Hampton directed the swapping of license plates on a rental car to avoid police detection.
Before the robbery could go down, federal agents moved in. Davis, Parker, Vinson, Hampton, and Crews were arrested on the scene. From Davis’s vehicle, authorities seized gloves, duct tape, disinfecting wipes, a stun gun, and tools for forced entry. From Parker’s car: two loaded .38 Special revolvers and a stolen Ruger 9mm handgun. The taser, firearms, and altered license plates confirmed the crew’s intent to carry out a lethal, untraceable hit.
Davis remained in federal custody after his arrest. While detained, he attempted to obstruct justice by writing a letter to an associate in Waldorf, Maryland, instructing them to retrieve a firearm from a residence in Suitland where he had been staying. The letter was intercepted. Davis now faces life-altering penalties as the final defendant to enter a guilty plea in one of Prince George’s County’s most brazen drug and gun conspiracies in recent years.
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Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Organized Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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