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A California man has pleaded guilty to a multi-state PCP trafficking conspiracy that sold the dangerous drug in Washington D.C. Michael Anderson Thomas, 50, of Chino, California, admitted to conspiring with others to distribute PCP in and around the District of Columbia from his base in Los Angeles. The conspiracy, which lasted from at least July 2024 to August 2025, was tied to a string of violent crimes in the 2900 block of Knox Place in Southeast Washington D.C.
According to court documents, Thomas’s role in the conspiracy was to arrange bulk shipments of PCP from California to D.C. The investigation into the conspiracy was launched by the FBI in the summer of 2024, after law enforcement identified a suspected fentanyl and PCP trafficker in the 2900 block of Knox Place. During the conspiracy, five homicides, seventeen assaults with dangerous weapons, five robberies, and eight burglaries occurred within 1,000 feet of the conspiracy’s primary stash location.
Thomas, a convicted felon with prior federal felony convictions in Alabama and Oregon, faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison for the drug conspiracy charge and a consecutive mandatory minimum of five years for a firearm charge. His sentencing is scheduled for November 19, 2026.
The guilty plea is the result of a long-term investigation by the FBI into the drug trafficking conspiracy. The case highlights the ongoing problem of PCP trafficking in the United States and the violent crimes that often accompany it.
📋 Key Facts
- Crime: Drug Trafficking
- Defendant: California
- Location: DC
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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