Cocaine Trafficker Sent to Federal Prison for Gun, Drug Crimes

Greenbelt, MD — A Prince George's County cocaine dealer was sentenced Thursday to spend 13.5 years in prison for drug trafficking.

A federal judge sentenced Moses Wood Brown Jr., 38, of Hillcrest Heights, to 162 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Brown was also ordered to forfeit $42,758, a firearm, ammunition and a bulletproof vest, according to a release from the Department of Justice.

According to his plea agreement, on four occasions between Sept. 12 and Dec. 18, 2013, Brown sold Cornelius Jackson a total of 201.9 grams of crack cocaine for a total of $9,100.

On Feb. 20, 2014, police executed a search warrant at Brown’s residence and seized about 881.5 grams of cocaine base; a plastic container of a cutting agent for cocaine; $42,758 in cash; a bulletproof vest and 150 rounds of .40 caliber ammunition; two plastic bags containing about 193.9 grams of powder cocaine; a loaded semiautomatic pistol; and narcotics paraphernalia, including a digital scale, used for the processing and cooking of powder cocaine into crack cocaine.

Brown admitted that he used his residence to manufacture and distribute crack cocaine.