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Drug Kingpin Gets 20 Years For Running Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Distribution Ring In Maryland

A drug kingpin responsible for running the operation that distributed fentanyl throughout Maryland, leading to at least one fatal overdose, will spend time behind bars after admitting to his role in the conspiracy, federal officials announced.

Fentanyl recovered by investigators.

Fentanyl recovered by investigators.

Photo Credit: Maryland AG

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced on Thursday, Jan. 26 that Odenton resident Darvin Kevin McCoy, 36, has been sentenced to 20 years without parole after admitting to his role in running a fentanyl distribution ring operating out of Howard County.

Earlier this week, McCoy pleaded guilty to:

  • Drug kingpin;
  • Supervision of a criminal organization;
  • Conspiracy to commit robbery;
  • Solicitation of a robbery;
  • Illegal possession of a regulated firearm;
  • Possession of a firearm with nexus to a drug trafficking crime;
  • Possession of a large amount of fentanyl mixture;
  • Two counts of distribution of fentanyl.

The investigation into Brown’s organization began with the Howard County Police Department looking into a non-fatal overdose that led investigators to link it to several others across Maryland and Virginia, including one fatal incident.

During the investigation, Brown said that police seized more than one kilogram of fentanyl and six handguns. They also observed hundreds of hand-to-hand drug transactions in multiple jurisdictions in the DMV region, and intercepted communications regarding the distribution of fentanyl throughout Maryland.

Brown said that the robbery charges pertained to McCoy’s role in the robbery of cash, drugs, and jewelry of a co-conspirator as a punishment for purported transgressions against his criminal operation.

McCoy is one of six members of the organization who were charged. Jawan Markeys Fulton, 28, previously pleaded guilty to his role and was sentenced to 20 years in prison with all but five to be served without the possibility of parole.

Charges are still pending for the remaining four co-conspirators. 

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