NEWPORT NEWS, VA—Randell Lamont Woods,
23, of Hampton, Virginia, pled guilty yesterday to his involvement in a
conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and cocaine. His co-conspirator, David L.
Andrews, 27, also from Hampton, Virginia, plead guilty on June 5, 2012 to
participating in the drug conspiracy while in possession of a firearm.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney
for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after Wood’s plea
was accepted by United States District Judge Raymond A. Jackson.
Woods and Andrews were indicted on March
13, 2012 on drug and firearm charges. A third individual, Christopher Vinson,
29, also of Hampton, was charged in a separate but related indictment with
being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, on
December 27, 2011, Woods accompanied Andrews to deliver a quantity of cocaine
base to a drug deal at the Walmart parking lot in Hampton. Vinson also arrived
in the parking lot. An argument ensued that led to an exchange of gunfire
between Vinson, Andrews, and others also present in the parking lot.
Approximately 25 shots from three different handguns were fired in the shoot
out. Andrews and Woods fled the scene but were apprehended following a
seven-hour standoff at a motel in Hampton.
Woods will be sentenced on September 27,
2012 and faces a mandatory minimum five year sentence. Andrews will be
sentenced on September 24, 2012 and faces a mandatory minimum five year
sentence on his drug conviction and a consecutive five year sentence on the
firearm conviction. Vinson will be sentenced on August 13, 2012 and faces a
maximum sentence of 10 years.
This case was investigated by FBI and
the Hampton Police Department. Special Assistant United States Attorney Timothy
R. Murphy is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.
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