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Defendants Sentenced for Narcotics Trafficking in Washington D.C.
Six area men have been sentenced to prison terms for their roles in a cocaine trafficking ring that operated in Southeast Washington and other locations, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
The defendants, including Robert Savoy, James Brown, Terrence Hudson, Jerome Johnson, Nathan Robinson, and Eric Scurry, were arrested as part of a long-term investigation by the FBI/MPD Safe Streets Task Force into a criminal organization supplying street-level dealers with significant quantities of powder cocaine and crack cocaine.
According to evidence presented at the plea hearings, Johnson supplied Savoy with kilograms of cocaine. Savoy, in turn, supplied large quantities of cocaine to Brown and Hudson, among others. Savoy also supplied large quantities of cocaine base to other individuals throughout the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
The men were arrested on various dates between November 2010 and September 2011. They were detained following their arrests and have remained in custody since that time. The defendants entered guilty pleas to narcotics and money laundering charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth accepted the terms of the plea agreements and sentenced Savoy to a prison term of 17 years, Scurry to a prison term of 12 years, Hudson to a prison term of 10 years, Johnson and Robinson to prison terms of eight years, and Brown to a prison term of seven years.
The prosecution grew out of a long-term FBI/MPD alliance called the Safe Streets Task Force that targets violent drug trafficking gangs in the District of Columbia. The Safe Streets Initiative is funded in part by the Baltimore Washington High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area as well as the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
U.S. Attorney Machen, Assistant Director in Charge Parlave, and Chief Lanier commended the actions of the Special Agents from the FBI’s Washington Field Office and the Metropolitan Police Department for their tireless efforts in bringing this case to justice.
Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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