The last member of a group involved in a notorious Trinidad neighborhood drug market, Levancie Carr, 43, has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Carr, who has been previously convicted of three felonies, pleaded guilty to charges of distributing fentanyl and possessing a firearm to further a drug trafficking offense on Sept. 11. He is now required to serve not only the prison term but also an additional five years of supervised release, as ordered by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced.
The intensive investigation that led to dismantling the drug ring began in June 2023 by federal and local agencies, including the DEA’s Washington Division and the FBI Washington Field Office’s Violent Crimes Task Force. Throughout the operation, agents made 42 controlled purchases of narcotics that totally tipped the scales at over 600 grams of fentanyl and 150 grams of crack cocaine. According to a press release from the Justice Department, Carr personally conducted 18 of the sales. In a May 27, 2024 raid of Carr’s apartment, authorities recovered 375 grams of cocaine, five firearms, and $115,621 in cash.
Apart from Carr, seven other defendants faced sentences for their involvement with the Trinidad drug market, with charges ranging from conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, fentanyl analogue, and cocaine base to criminal contempt. The sentences handed down among members of the organization, whose age span from 22 to 53, ranged from 12 months and one day to 126 months in prison. The Trinidad trafficking ring, as revealed in court documents, distributed a staggering 468 kilos of illicit drugs, underscoring the extent of the operation’s impact on the community…