Department of Justice Press Release

For Immediate Release
July 29, 2010 United States Attorney's Office
District of Maryland
Contact: (410) 209-4800

Baltimore Career Offender Exiled to 30 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute 66 Pounds of Heroin

Last of Eight Conspirators to be Sentenced for Drug Dealing in the Westport Section of Baltimore

BALTIMORE, MD—U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Elliott Brown, age 32, of Baltimore today to 30 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Judge Quarles enhanced Brown’s sentence upon finding that Brown is a career offender based on two prior drug convictions.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Baltimore City State’s Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy; Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III and Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

According to Brown’s guilty plea, from 2004 until July 2008, Brown conspired with others to distribute heroin in the Westport section of Baltimore City. Brown was a street lieutenant for the organization that sold heroin under the brand name “Dynasty.â€