Fentanyl Distribution Ring Involvement Nets Prison Sentence For Prince George's Woman

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — An Upper Marlboro woman has been sentenced to 96 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute more than seven kilograms of fentanyl.

According to court documents, between January 2018 and February 2021, Ericka Oliver, 34, and others would obtain kilogram quantities of fentanyl from various supply sources. The group would then use a pill press to manufacture thousands of counterfeit prescription pills resembling legitimate pain medications, such as Oxycodone. The pills contained fentanyl and other cutting agents. The group would then distribute the pills to redistributors and users in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area for profit.

In June of 2020, during a court-authorized search of a coconspirator’s residence in Arlington, Va., law enforcement seized pill manufacturing materials along with more than seven kilograms of fentanyl in both pill and raw form, along with a loaded AK-47 semi-automatic firearm and $34,828 in U.S. currency. Upon her arrest in February 2021, law enforcement also obtained court authorization to search Oliver’s hotel room where an additional $58,960 in U.S. currency and high-end jewelry were seized.

At Oliver’s residence, law enforcement located an additional 504 pressed pills containing fentanyl, cutting agents, and $6,500 in U.S. currency among other items.

Oliver is the fifth member of the conspiracy to be sentenced. Cornelius Frazier, 33, of Arlington, Va., received a sentence of 151 months’ imprisonment; Kyle Bouldin, 31, of Woodbridge, received a sentence of 72 months’ imprisonment; Brandon Williams, 29, of Spotsylvania, received a sentence of 125 months’ imprisonment; and Taurean Venable, 37, of Arlington, Va., received a sentence of 120 months’ imprisonment for their respective roles.