Fourteen people have been charged after a drug ring was found, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office.
A crack and cocaine drug trafficking organization was operating near Hendley Elementary School in Southeast Washington, according to a news release.
“Today, my office removed over a dozen drug traffickers from residential streets. These criminals exhibited little concern for our community’s well-being, including selling crack cocaine just 300 feet from an elementary school,” Pirro said in a statement. “This office will continue to pursue serious sentences for defendants who treat their neighbors as exploitable prey, and dismantle any group putting the lives in our community at risk.”
According to Pirro’s office, investigators arrested the 14 suspects on Wednesday morning after serving search warrants at 15 sites in Washington, D.C. and sections of Maryland.
Tevin Moody, Geraldo Landy, Norman Moore, Lenon Wright, Ali McShay, Lonnell Thomas, Marquette Paris, Jeremiah Prince, Joseph Moore, Kivarrie Greene, Raeqwon Womack, De’Lonte Jackson, Derrick Manuel, and Malik Heard were among the people detained. They are all charged with conspiracy to distribute at least 280 grams of cocaine base and 500 grams of cocaine within 1,000 feet of the primary school. Greene has also been charged with unauthorized possession of guns.
In addition to the arrests, authorities reported seizing 28 weapons, 2.4 kilograms of crack cocaine, one kilogram of powder cocaine, 29 grams of fentanyl, and 12 pounds of marijuana.
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