A 70-year-old man convicted three times for dealing drugs was sentenced on Tuesday for his role in a fentanyl ring in the DC area.
Ronnie Rogers was sentenced to nearly 20 more years in jail for his involvement in a criminal organization that sold fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and other drugs throughout the nation’s capital and surrounding communities.
Rogers received a 236-month sentence after pleading guilty on April 2.
According to court records, the Drug Enforcement Administration identified Rogers, together with Wayne Glymph, 49, of Port Tobacco, Maryland, and Samuel “Fats” Braxton, 57, of Temple Hills, as the criminal enterprise’s leaders.
Prosecutors claim Braxton was in a federal prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey, when he called Glymph and Rogers from an illicit cell phone.
They claim Braxton connected the pair with “foreign nationals” who supplied the drugs.
Rogers and Glymph received the pills and packaged them for sale in the DC region.
According to prosecutors, Rogers directed traffickers to target drug treatment institutions, preying on recovered opioid users.
In November 2023, law authorities searched Rogers’ properties in DC and District Heights, as well as a third property used by Rogers and Glymph in Waldorf.
They reportedly recovered fentanyl, carfentanil, heroin, and cocaine base, as well as five firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, drug trafficking gear, and over $24,000 in cash.
At the time of his arrest, prosecutors emphasized carfentanil, an animal tranquilizer that the DEA claims is “100 times more potent” than fentanyl.
“This group of defendants was allegedly supplying deadly fentanyl and carfentanil — a fentanyl analogue that is 100 times more potent than regular fentanyl — across multiple states in kilogram quantities,” US Attorney Matthew Graves stated. “As I’ve already stated, anyone selling this poison on our streets or funneling these drugs into our community will face criminal charges. We will pursue those folks no matter where they are in the United States or around the world, thanks to our diligent law enforcement allies.”
Both Glymph and Braxton received hefty sentences.
Rogers was convicted of drug offenses in DC, Virginia, and Maryland, and he served more than ten years for each of his three previous drug convictions.
He was on supervised release when the authorities discovered the latest scheme.
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