Three District Men Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in Trinidad Neighborhood of Northeast Washington

            WASHINGTON — Davon Cunningham, 35, Roosevelt Richardson, 49, and Arnez Mack, 22, -- all of the District of Columbia -- were sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 126 months, 66 months, and a year-and-a-day in prison, respectively, for their roles in a narcotics trafficking conspiracy that operated an open-air drug market in the Trinidad neighborhood in Northeast. The sentencings were announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

            In addition to the prison terms, Chief Judge James E. Boasberg ordered the men to serve periods of supervised release.

            Judge Boasberg sentenced Cunningham to 126 months, Richardson to 66 months, and Mack to one year and a day just now.

            According to court documents, during the course of the conspiracy, the organization sold approximately 468 kilograms of fentanyl, fentanyl analogue, and cocaine base on and around the 1100 block of Raum Street, NE.

            Law enforcement captured images of Cunningham, Richardson, Mack, and several others conducting hand-to-hand narcotics transactions on an almost daily basis. From June 2023 through March 2024, law enforcement made

            From June 2023 through March 2024, the CIs and UCs made dozens of controlled purchases of narcotics from members of the group.

            Cunningham, aka “Tank” or “Kevin,” sold 520 grams of fentanyl, 56 grams of cocaine, and 66 grams of cocaine base to law enforcement and also sold a firearm to an undercover officer. His illegal conduct spanned several months from October 2023 through February 2024.

            Richardson directly sold law enforcement agents fentanyl, fentanyl analogue, and cocaine base on ten occasions between October 2023 through February 2024. During a search of the group’s stash house on the 1100 block of 11^th Street, NE, police recovered several firearms. DNA testing linked Richardson to two of them, a revolver and a black 9mm, Intratec pistol.

            Mack admitted that he was a member of the group and that he agreed to distribute narcotics with them. On Dec. 20, 2023, an MPD officer approached Mack in the 1100 block of Raum Street, NE, and asked him if he had any weapons. Mack responded by lifting his jacket to expose his waist band and a .45 caliber Glock handgun protruding from the jacket. Following a search, officers also recovered eight grams of cocaine base from Mack.

            This operation is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

            The Trinidad trafficking investigation was a multi-agency effort between the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Division, the Narcotics Enforcement Unit of the Violent Crime Suppression Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, and the FBI Washington Field Office’s Violent Crimes Task Force.

            The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nihar Mohanty and Daniel Seidel of the Violent Crime and Narcotics Trafficking Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Valuable assistance was provided by Criminal Division Trial Attorneys Christina Taylor and Gaelin Bernstein.

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