Maryland Man Receives 70 Months for Role in Multi-Kilogram Cocaine Distribution Network

Marcus Devonta Williams, 47, of Brookeville, Maryland, was sentenced to 70 months in prison in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2026 for his role as the Washington, D.C.-area distributor in a large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy.

The conspiracy moved multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from New York into the Washington metropolitan area. Williams functioned as the local point of distribution for those shipments. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Ferris Pirro, announced the sentence in a Department of Justice press release.

The sentence imposes 70 months of incarceration on Williams. No fine or additional supervised release details were specified in the announcement. The case was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The conviction and sentence trigger standard federal post-sentencing processes. The Bureau of Prisons must designate a facility for Williams to serve the term. Federal authorities will continue to pursue any remaining co-conspirators in the New York-to-D.C. supply chain.

The outcome adds one completed prosecution to the Department of Justice's ongoing enforcement docket against multi-kilogram drug distribution networks supplying the Washington region.

This sentencing follows the Department of Justice's standard practice of charging and resolving individual roles within larger trafficking conspiracies. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia has brought multiple cases targeting cocaine distribution into the metropolitan area in recent years.

The 70-month term aligns with federal sentencing guidelines applied to mid-level distributors in multi-kilogram cocaine cases.