Maryland man convicted of heroin trafficking

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – LaQuan Johnson, 35, of Baltimore, Maryland, was convicted of heroin trafficking in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Johnson sold heroin in April 2014 in Berkeley County, West Virginia. He pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Heroin.” As a result of his guilty plea, Johnson will be sentenced to 180 months in prison.

Johnson was charged in a 6-count superseding indictment in April 2015. The indictment alleged various heroin and cocaine trafficking offenses. One count of the indictment specifically indicated that Johnson sold heroin containing fentanyl, a powerful painkiller, in Berkeley County, West Virginia in June 2014 which led to the death and serious bodily injury of another individual.
 
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Paul Camilletti, Robert McWilliams, and Anna Krasinski prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.