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Convicted Felon Back Behind Bars For Selling Guns, Drugs To Undercover Officers In Maryland
Maybe a leopard really can’t change its spots.
A previously convicted felon will spend more than a decade in prison after selling several weapons, including at least four illegal “ghost guns” to undercover agents posing as buyers, federal officials announced.
Sean Donnelly Hawkins, 48, of Marbury, was sentenced to 138 months in federal prison for his role in in connection to the distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, and weapons in Charles County after selling eight guns to investigators.
As part of his plea, Hawkins admitted that on 10 separate times between October 2021 and May 2022, he…
Maryland '1800 Boys' Gang Members Face Murder, Drugs, Weapons Charges: AG
Nine men have been charged for their roles in a criminal gang and operating an open-air drug market that operated throughout Baltimore City, according to Attorney General Anthony Brown.
Brown announced the indictments of nine men for their role in the gang, as well as one member who is wanted for his role in the murder of Baltimore resident Marquis Carter in November last year.
Those charged:
Keontae Moore, 23;
Dayvonta Mackey, 27;
Daquan Battle, 27;
Jawaan Jordan, 28;
DaMarvin Singletary, 28;
Brandon Ledbetter, 29;
Carlos Jordan, 32;
Darrell White, 33;
Theodore Easton, 44.
The c…
Maryland Man Busted With Altered Shotgun, Cocaine, Sheriff's Office Says
A man asleep at the wheel in a car parked at a Maryland gas station was busted with drugs and an illegal shotgun, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff's Office.
Mechanicsville resident Alexander Wayne Pope, 28, is facing drug and weapon charges in St. Mary’s County after being caught during a welfare check with a defaced shotgun and cocaine, officials announced on Monday, Oct. 3.
A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said that on Saturday, Oct. 1, deputies responded to the 27300 block of Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville, for a welfare check of a man sleeping inside a vehicle at an…