Former resident of Henson Ridge Housing Development found guilty
of possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine

WASHINGTON - A 28-year-old Southeast District of Columbia man, Nicholas Proctor, has been found guilty of possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of crack cocaine, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor announced today.

The guilty verdict was returned on Monday, December 1, 2008, by a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The defendant, who will be sentenced by the Honorable Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. on March 13, 2009, faces a possible sentence of 20 years to life imprisonment.

According to the government's evidence introduced at trial, on February 29, 2008, at approximately 6:35 p.m., Metropolitan Police Department officers executed a court authorized search warrant at the defendant's resident, located in the 1800 block of Frederick Douglas Place, SE, Washington, D.C., where he lived with his mother and brother. The residence is located in the phase I portion of the new development called Henson Ridge. During the search, the officers recovered crack cocaine weighing approximately 268.3 grams hidden in a closet in the basement of the townhouse, where Proctor was living.

In announcing the jury's verdict, U.S. Attorney Taylor commended members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Narcotics Special Investigation Division, in particular, lead Officer James Craig, U.S. Attorney's Office support staff members Jeannette Fennell and Latoya Davenport, who assisted throughout preparation and trial, and the work of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Charles Neil Floyd and Opher Shweiki, who prosecuted the case.