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Kenneth Watts, a 59-year-old from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was involved in a wide-ranging narcotics conspiracy that distributed large quantities of PCP in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. On September 23, 2020, Prince George’s County police intercepted a package containing six kilograms of PCP at a FedEx facility in Maryland, addressed to a fictitious name. Watts retrieved the package and was pulled over, with officers recovering the PCP from his truck bed. Watts was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in the conspiracy.
The investigation, which lasted two years, uncovered a narcotics trafficking network operating in the metropolitan area, distributing cocaine, fentanyl, and PCP, and relying on firearms to protect its operations. Watts’s role in the conspiracy centered on obtaining bulk shipments of liquid PCP from a supplier in California.
Watts was convicted by a federal jury on May 20, 2025, in U.S. District Court on one count of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of PCP. In addition to the 60-month prison term, Judge Jia M. Cobb ordered Watts to serve five years of supervised release.
A search of Watts’s cellphone revealed text messages with the California supplier, including the delivery address and a fictitious recipient name. His phone also showed he had messaged a co-conspirator asking him to call “asap” the day before the package arrived. Evidence showed the co-conspirator later contacted Watts when seeking to obtain PCP.
Co-defendant James Kinard, 48, of Temple Hills, Maryland, was also found guilty by the jury on May 20, 2025. The case highlights the ongoing efforts of law enforcement to combat narcotics trafficking in the Washington D.C. area.
📋 Key Facts
- Crime: Drug Trafficking
- Defendant: Maryland
- Location: DC
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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