Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang
sentenced Darrell Glenn Watkins, age 44, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, today to
120 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for Possession
with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances and a Controlled Substance
Analogue and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking
Crime.
The sentencing was announced by Acting United States
Attorney for the District of Maryland Stephen M. Schenning; Special Agent in
Charge Daniel L. Board, Jr. of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives; and Chief Hank Stawinski of the Prince George’s County Police
Department.
According to his plea agreement, on January 8, 2016, members
of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Prince George’s
County (Maryland) Police Department, and Maryland National Capital Park Police
executed a state search warrant at the residence of Defendant, Prior to the
execution of the search warrant, law enforcement conducted three controlled
purchases of cocaine base from Watkins in late 2015. During the execution of
the search warrant, law enforcement recovered approximately 1,506 grams of
cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance; approximately 12.7 grams of
cocaine base, a Schedule II controlled substance; approximately 1,016.56 grams
of marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance; approximately 37 grams of
XLR-11, a Schedule I controlled substance analogue and $95,200 in U.S.
currency. Watkins also knowingly possessed the loaded Ruger pistol in
furtherance of his drug trafficking activities.
Acting United States Attorney Stephen M. Schenning commended
ATF, Maryland-National Capital Park Police and the Prince George’s County
Police Department for their work in the investigation. Mr. Schenning thanked
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jennifer R. Sykes and Thomas M. Sullivan, who prosecuted
the federal case.
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