During his time in office, Attorney General Herring and his team are working or have worked at least 90 cases against dealers and traffickers involving more than 434 pounds of heroin worth more than $25 million on the street.
Operation Hardest Hit Targets Portsmouth Heroin Traffickers. Eleven people were arrested across three states this morning for their role in a large-scale heroin and fentanyl drug trafficking organization in Portsmouth. According to the indictment, law enforcement began investigating Leroy Perdue and his drug trafficking organization (Perdue DTO) in early 2016 following the heroin overdose death of a young resident of Chesapeake. According to the indictment, the Perdue DTO distributed in excess of 100 kilograms of heroin (approximately 250,000 doses) over a 10-year period.
Attorney General Herring Announces Ongoing Investigation To Help Address The Opioid Crisis. Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced today that the Commonwealth of Virginia is part of a bipartisan coalition of Attorneys General from across the country in an ongoing investigation to evaluate whether manufacturers have engaged in unlawful practices in the marketing and sale of opioids.
“King of Death" Dealer Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Fentanyl Distribution. A Norfolk man pleaded guilty today for his role in leading a drug trafficking conspiracy that resulted in more than a dozen overdoses and multiple deaths. According to court documents, Erskine A. Dawson, 33, managed more than half a dozen individuals who sold between three and 10 kilograms of heroin from a motel off of Military Highway in Virginia Beach. Dawson's source of supply, a New Jersey man named Kenneth Stuart, a/k/a “Bones," used stuffed animals to conceal the narcotics as they were transported down the East Coast on commercial buses.
Heroin and Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced to 66 Years in Prison. Five members of a Portsmouth based heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization have been sentenced to approximately 66 years in prison.
15 Arrested In Major Sting Operation Charged In State Court With Firearm And Narcotics Charges. In addition to 12 previously identified individuals who will face federal firearm and narcotics charges as a result of Operation Riptide, an additional 15 individuals have been arrested and charged in Norfolk with firearm and/or drug distribution charges.
Fairfax County Man Pleads Guilty, Sentenced To 10 Years For Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin That Killed User.Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced that Dilpreet Singh pleaded guilty in federal court on May 5 to distribution of heroin and fentanyl that resulted in the death of a man in Annandale. U.S. District Court Senior Judge Claude M. Hilton accepted Singh's guilty plea and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
Norton Doctor Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charge. A Norton, Virginia physician who specialized in urology pled guilty yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to a federal drug distribution charge…Felix Eugene Shepard, Jr., 56, pled guilty yesterday to one count of distributing oxycodone, a schedule II controlled substance.
Five Members of Portsmouth Based Heroin & Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty.Nathaniel Powell, 33, Ernest Cross, 38, Detuan Gordon, 25, Valerie Wilson, 55, and Marque Wilson, 33, all of Portsmouth, have pleaded guilty to charges related to their role in a heroin and fentanyl drug trafficking conspiracy. According to court records, from March 2012 through July 2016, members of this organization conspired to manufacture and distribute heroin in excess of 1,000 grams.
Heroin Dealer Sold Fentanyl Causing One Death and Multiple Overdoses. Darnell Lee Washington, aka "Dale," 26, of Leesburg, pleaded guilty today to charges related to his distribution of heroin and fentanyl.
Virginia Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Heroin Resulting in Death. Gregory Hatt, 28, of Virginia Beach, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin, distribution of heroin resulting in death, distribution of heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, and the possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Members of a Major Portsmouth Heroin Trafficking Organization Arrested in Simultaneous Execution of Warrants. Alonzo Outten, 35; Jerald Outten, 26; Jermaine Jones, 38; and Deyonta Hinton, 31, all from Portsmouth, Virginia, and Garnett Brown, 34, from Chesapeake, Virginia, were arrested today on federal conspiracy charges of manufacturing, distributing, and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
Final Defendant in Massive Heroin Trafficking Group Sentenced. Jerald Outten, 26, of Portsmouth, was sentenced today to 264 months in prison for his involvement in a heroin trafficking operation that was responsible for the distribution of between 30 and 90 kilograms of heroin with an estimated street value between $1.5 and $4.5 million dollars.
Baltimore Drug Dealer Sentenced To 20 Years For Distributing Heroin In Fairfax County. Attorney General Mark R. Herring and Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Raymond F. Morrogh announced that Dartegnon Smith, 36, of Baltimore, Md., was sentenced to 20 years in prison, 14 years of which was suspended by County Circuit Court Judge John M. Tran for the distribution of heroin.
Attorney General Herring Announces Virginia Joining Multistate Task Force To Combat Heroin Crisis. Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced today that Virginia has joined the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Heroin Task Force (NEMA-HTF), a first-of-its kind task force that fosters cross-state collaboration and leverages resources to combat heroin distribution and the associated rise in heroin overdose fatalities. The Commonwealth of Virginia, through the Office of Attorney General and Virginia State Police, is the seventh state to join the Task Force after New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Maine.
Fairfax County Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Distribution Of Heroin That Killed User. Attorney General Mark R. Herring and Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Raymond F. Morrogh announced that Joseph Gaskins, 25, of Centreville, Va., was sentenced to 10 years in prison with an additional 35 years suspended by County Circuit Court Judge John M. Tran for the distribution of heroin, including a sale that resulted in the death of a 20 year old Herndon man.
Organization Responsible For The Distribution Of Between 30 And 90 Kilograms Of Heroin. Alonzo Outten, 35 and Jermaine Jones, 38 of Portsmouth, Garnett Brown, 34, of Chesapeake, and Latina Jackson, 27 of Suffolk, Virginia, pled guilty this week for their involvement in a massive heroin trafficking operation. Outten faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison when he is sentenced on November 2, 2015.
Two Norfolk Men Plead Guilty to Heroin and Narcotics Charges. Cornelius J. Gaymon, 34, and Tedrick O. Speller, 33, both of Norfolk, have pleaded guilty to heroin and narcotics charges. Gaymon, who is a 10-time convicted felon, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 23 grams of heroin. Speller pleaded guilty yesterday to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams of crack cocaine.
DC Heroin Dealer Enters Guilty Plea In Virginia. Andre Dwight Williams, 35, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty on February 7, 2015 to federal charges of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. In a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Williams, a Washington, D.C. based drug dealer, admitted to selling heroin to dozens of individuals from Orange and Culpeper counties who traveled through the Eastern District of Virginia to meet him.
