Fredericksburg Man Guilty Of Running Drugs, Guns

FREDERICKSBURG, VA—A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to running drugs and guns in central Virginia for several years beginning in August 1915.

Bobby Perkins, Jr., 29, faces a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life behind bars when he's sentenced Aug. 31 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime and dealing in firearms without a license.

He oversaw an operation that distributed heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana. He also acquired and re-sold more than 200 semi-automatic pistols, at least 106 of which have been recovered by authorities. Most were recovered in DC, and others were found in Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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