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Donronald Dosey, 33, was sentenced by US District Judge Catherine C. Blake to six years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl.
Dorsey admitted he had more than 400 grams of fentanyl — a lethal dose of which is approximately two milligrams, so the quantity possessed by Dorsey, and which he intended to distribute, is enough to kill 20,000 people, United States District Attorney of Maryland Erek L. Barron said.
According to his plea agreement, from October 2020 through March 1, 2021, Dorsey was part of a drug trafficking conspiracy involving large amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances.
Dorsey and his co-conspirators ran a stash house in an apartment in Pikesville, Maryland, where they processed fentanyl and other drugs, mixing them with cutting agents and packaging them for resale, Barron said.
On March 1, 2021, agents saw Dorsey leave the apartment with a co-conspirator, who was carrying a bag of drugs. They got into a vehicle and drove away. Officers followed the vehicle to a drug store parking lot in the 1500 block of Reisterstown Road in Pikesville, where Dorsey and his co-conspirator planned to conduct a drug transaction, Barron said.
Authorities stopped the car and searched Dorsey and the vehicle, recovering 20 separate clear plastic bags, each containing approximately 50 gelatin capsules. The gelcaps contained a mixture of fentanyl weighing a total of 569 grams, which Dorsey admitted he intended to distribute.
This case is also part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.
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