Possible Life In Prison Sentence Looms For Man Who Pleaded Guilty To Gun, Drug Charges

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — A 36-year-old Jessup man has pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. According to Tommie Miller's guilty plea, on March 2, 2021, the FBI executed a search warrant at Miller’s apartment. Miller and his girlfriend were the only people present at the apartment at the time of the search.

In a backpack found in the main bedroom, FBI agents found a pistol loaded with 34 rounds of ammunition; an AR-style pistol with an obliterated serial number and three magazines containing 93 rounds of ammunition; 14 additional rounds of ammunition; one bag of cocaine; 25 gel capsules; and four bags of heroin. Also from the bedroom agents recovered $3,000 from a box on the floor; a lower receiver for a handgun found in the bathroom; and a bag containing empty gel capsules from a closet near the main bedroom. A search of the kitchen revealed an AR-style magazine with 25 rounds; a digital scale; a bag of cocaine; and drug paraphernalia.

Miller admitted that the drugs, the manner in which they were packaged, the presence of drug paraphernalia and the amount of cash indicate his intent to distribute the drugs and that the firearms were possessed in furtherance of the drug trafficking crime. He now faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum of life in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. His sentencing has been scheduled for July 5 at 10 a.m.