$108M Bowie Heroin Trafficker Sentenced to Prison

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BOWIE, MD — A Bowie man involved in a $108 million drug-trafficking and money-laundering conspiracy in Prince George’s County was sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge to 23 years in prison.

Andracos Marshall, 42, of Bowie, whom prosecutors said is also known as Draco, was found guilty Feb. 8 on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and for money laundering conspiracy.

After serving his prison term, Marshall will have five years of supervised release. The judge also ordered Marshall to forfeit $51.3 million.

According to evidence presented at his trial, from at least January 2011 through January 2015, Marshall conspired with others to distribute cocaine and heroin in the region, and helped foul up a police chase on Interstate 495.

Testimony showed that from January 2011 until August 2012, Ishmael Ford-Bey, assisted by Marshall, received multiple kilogram shipments of cocaine from a source in California. Thirteen boxes, each containing about 10 kilograms of cocaine, were delivered to Ford-Bey in Temple Hills on Aug. 17, 2012, as police watched.

As law enforcement officers pursued Ford-Bey, Marshall drove his vehicle in an effort to stop the arrest. Ford-Bey and Marshall eventually abandoned their vehicles after a high-speed chase on I-495 and ran away. Marshall remained a fugitive until he was arrested in January 2015.

According to information presented at trial, Marshall and his co-conspirators rented storage facilities and apartments where the men kept the proceeds from their drug trafficking. A 2013 raid on one apartment in Washington, D.C., turned up a safe which contained $823,640 in cash, several expensive watches, and jewelry.

• Anthony Torrell Tatum, 37, of Arlington, VA – 27 years in prison;
• Ishmael Ford-Bey, 40, of Mitchellville, MD – 33 years in prison;
• Terrin Tamal Anderson, 29, of Waldorf, MD – 12 years in prison; and
• David Allen Jones, 40, of District Heights, MD- 45 months in prison.

The sentencing judge ordered Tatum and Ford-Bey to pay a $108 million money judgment, and forfeit personal property, including luxury vehicles, jewelry and cash.