Brooklyn Heroin Dealer Sentenced To Prison

GLEN BURNIE, MD — A Brooklyn man arrested for selling heroin and medical cocaine used as an anesthetic was sentenced to over a decade in prison. Duriel Lakeem Allen, 31, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin, according to prosecutors.

Allen was one of three people, including two Glen Burnie residents, arrested last year during a recent raid by the Anne Arundel County Heroin Task Force. Officers seized heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine hydrochloride — a form of cocaine used as a local anesthetic in eye, ear, or throat surgeries — from a Glen Burnie house on Dec. 1, 2016.

"Law enforcement will continue to target anyone profiting from the sale of narcotics," said Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Wes Adams in a statement. "I urge anyone suffering from addiction to turn away from the short term fix sold by a dealer and seek help in resources like our county's Safe Stations program."

Police officers executed a search warrant in the 1000 block of Sharon Drive in Glen Burnie, after a months-long investigation into narcotics trafficking at a residence where two of the suspects lived.

Police seized the following from the house:

• 29 capsules of heroin, weight 8.03 grams, estimated street value $290
• 1.5 grams of heroin, estimated street value of $180
• 53.44 grams of cocaine hydrochloride, estimated street value of $5,344
• 1.5 grams of crack cocaine, estimated street value of $150
• About 150 empty gel capsules ready to be packaged
• 3 sifters used to process heroin for packaging

Duriel Lakeem Allen, 31, was initially charged with:

• Possession of heroin
• Possession of heroin with intent to distribute
• Possession of cocaine
• Possession of cocaine with intent to distribut
• Possession of drug paraphernalia (empty gel capsules)
• Possession of drug paraphernalia (sifters)

Allen pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin on Oct. 12. He was sentenced to 20 years suspend all but 12 years of active incarceration, with five years of supervised probation upon release.

The heroin task force is comprised of members from the Anne Arundel County Police Department, the Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office, the Annapolis City Police Department and the Baltimore Police Department.

»Photo of Duriel Lakeem Allen, courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police