Edgewood Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking, Guns: Harford County Prosecutor

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — A 42-year-old Edgewood man has been sentenced in connection to drug activity.

On May 7, 2019, members of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office’s Crime Suppression Unit and a senior deputy were conducting surveillance of Percell Holland and his home that's located in the 3100 block of Sweetbay Drive in Edgewood. Deputies saw what appeared to be drug transactions taking place at Edgewood Plaza and in the 2100 block of Pulaski Highway. A sheriff's deputy stopped Holland's vehicle and smelled marijuana, according to court documents.

A search warrant was executed at Holland’s residence and a sheriff's deputy found a bookbag in a shed on the property with a loaded Keltec 9mm handgun, a loaded Taurus .40 caliber handgun, a loaded Smith & Wesson .40 caliber handgun, a digital scale, approximately five grams of cocaine, less than one gram of a heroin/fentanyl mixture, six suboxone strips and two prescription bottles with Holland’s name on them, according to the police department.

An unmarked pill bottle with 33 Xanax pills was found in the shed, and $4,205 in currency was located inside the residence where Holland stayed in the basement. Holland is prohibited from possessing regulated firearms due to a prior conviction for fourth-degree burglary, the prosecutor noted.

Holland has been sentenced to 12 years of prison for possession of a firearm in a drug trafficking crime, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and illegal possession of a regulated firearm.

“Our office remains consistent in our message to drug dealers that we will not tolerate drug distribution in Harford County and if you are caught spreading this poison in our communities, you will receive substantial incarceration. I especially thank Senior Deputy Dean, Deputies Ross and Battee, and the Crime Suppression Unit for their investigation to rid our community of these illegal guns and for their interruption of this drug activity as a result of their strong police work. Their seizure of these guns and dangerous drugs very well may have saved a life," said state's attorney for Harford County Alison Healey.