RICHMOND, Va. – Two men were sentenced today after pleading guilty to their participation in a large-scale drug trafficking organization operating in and around the Fredericksburg, Virginia, area.
According to court documents, task force agents with the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigated the organization for over a year. From July 2022 through April 2023, Omar Jermel Dixon, 48, of Fredericksburg, supplied controlled substances, including cocaine, fentanyl, and synthetic cathinone (“Molly”), to other members of the organization.
On June 22, 2023, agents arrested Dixon and seized $11,090 in drug proceeds from his home, and a pistol from his vehicle. On Oct. 13, 2023, Dixon pleaded guilty to distribution of more than 500 grams of cocaine. Dixon was sentenced today to 10 years in prison.
On various dates throughout the investigation, Dixon supplied cocaine to Alphonso Lamont Jones, 44, of Fredericksburg, which Jones distributed and returned payment to Dixon. On June 22, 2023, agents arrested Jones at his home. On October 13, 2023, Jones pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. Today, Jones was sentenced to five years in prison.
On various dates throughout the investigation, Dixon supplied cocaine to Ricardo Maurice Morton, aka Cardi, 49, of Ruther Glen, Virginia, which Morton distributed and returned payment to Dixon. On June 22, 2023, agents arrested Morton and seized approximately 90 grams of cocaine from his home. On Oct. 6, 2023, Morton pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. On March 26, Morton was sentenced to five years in prison.
On April 26, 2023, law enforcement seized one kilogram of Molly from Kelsey Dean Monroe, Jr, aka Lil’ Man, 31, which had been supplied by Dixon. On Oct. 6, 2023, Monroe pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute N,N,-Dimethylpentylone. On March 27, Monroe was sentenced to one year and three months in prison.
Leonard Marcel Smith, aka Leonard Marcel Davis, 46, of Fredericksburg, and Lanier Anthony Jackson, aka Dewey, 54, of Spotsylvania, Virginia, served as drivers and lookouts for Dixon. Jackson also served as a driver and assistant to Morton. On Oct. 17, 2023, Smith and Jackson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. On March 25, Smith was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison, and on March 28 Jackson was sentenced to six months in prison.
Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Stanley M. Meador, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Field Office; and Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge for the DEA’s Washington Division, made the announcement after Dixon’s sentencing by U.S. District Judge David J. Novak.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Olivia L. Norman prosecuted the case.
This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 3:23-cr-73.
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