Three men from Washington, D.C. received prison sentences for their roles in a significant drug trafficking operation centered in the Trinidad neighborhood of Northeast Washington. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Davon Cunningham, 35, known as “Tank” or “Kevin,” was handed a 126-month sentence, Roosevelt Richardson, 49, received 66 months, and Arnez Mack, 22, was sentenced to a year and a day.
Judge James E. Boasberg, who oversaw the case, not only sentenced the trio but also set terms for supervised release following their prison stay, the smuggling ring they were part of was responsible for moving approximately 468 kilograms of fentanyl, fentanyl analogue, and cocaine base in the area, court documents revealed these drugs were distributed prominently on and around the 1100 block of Raum Street, NE, law enforcement described a series of nearly daily hand-to-hand sales conducted by the defendants.
Cunningham’s illegal activities spanned from October 2023 to February 2024, during which time he sold fentanyl and cocaine to undercover officers, including a 520-gram batch of fentanyl, along with a firearm. Meanwhile, Richardson trafficked fentanyl and other narcotics directly to agents on ten occasions within the same time frame and was connected via DNA evidence to firearms found during a raid of the group’s stash house. As for the youngest of the group, Mack publicly admitted to his involvement in the drug ring and was found in possession of cocaine base and a .45 caliber Glock during a police encounter…