Rolando Oneal Thorpe, Marijuana Trafficking, Maryland 2013

A Largo man, Rolando Oneal Thorpe, 32, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a marijuana trafficking ring.

Baltimore, MD - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm handed down the sentence to Thorpe, a resident of Largo, Maryland, on November 22, 2013 for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

According to court documents, Thorpe was overheard by law enforcement discussing various types of marijuana he was distributing in Maryland with Marvin Taaff between September and November 2013. On November 22, 2013, a search warrant was executed at Thorpe's residence, where law enforcement recovered 12 large ziplock bags containing over five kilograms of marijuana, a scale with drug residue, drug packaging materials, $6,413 in cash, a 10mm handgun, and a black laser site for a handgun.

Thorpe was at home during the search and admitted that everything found in the apartment belonged to him. Marvin Taaff, 29, of Takoma Park, Maryland, was sentenced on June 9, 2016, to 140 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, cocaine base, and 100 kilograms or more of marijuana.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein praised the ATF, Prince George's County Police Department, and Maryland National Capital Park Police for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Deborah A. Johnston, Lindsay Eyler Kaplan, and Menaka Kalaskar, who prosecuted the case.

The sentence was announced by Rosenstein, along with Special Agent in Charge Danny L. Board, Jr. of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Baltimore Field Division, Chief Hank Stawinski of the Prince George's County Police Department, Chief Stanley Johnson of the Maryland National Capital Park Police, Prince George's County Division, and Chief Antonio DeVaul of the Maryland National Capital Park Police, Montgomery County Division.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/largo-drug-trafficker-sentenced-10-years-federal-prison