Terrance Edward Brown, 44, of Hampton Roads, was sentenced on July 27 to 18 years and eight months in prison for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, para-fluorofentanyl, and heroin, as well as conspiracy to launder money.
According to court documents, Brown was previously sentenced in 2013 to more than sixteen years in prison for a similar drug offense. Beginning in 2022, while still incarcerated, Brown coordinated with Sylvia Naupendai Bryant and Felisa Alexander to obtain narcotics from out-of-state sources and have them shipped in bulk quantities into Virginia. At his direction, Bryant and Alexander distributed the drugs through individuals including Donte Antrell Cartwright, Rudy Malik Collick, Brandon Rashad Hargrow, Marlow Rodrico Malone, Marquis Ryan Scott, Sherrod Demaine Benns, Brehon Kanell Davis, Terry Damaine Burke, and David Liequan Hairston.
Between June 2022 and December 13, 2023, at least $1.1 million in drug proceeds were sent by Brown and his co-conspirators using electronic transfers, bank deposits, or bulk cash shipments both within the United States and abroad.
Other members of the conspiracy received various sentences: Bryant was sentenced on June 9 to two years and six months; Cartwright received seven years and eight months on May 26; Collick was given fourteen years on January 22; Hargrow got seven years and six months also on January 22; Malone received eleven years and eight months on May 13; Scott got six years on May 7; Benns received five years ten months on January 13; Burke got two years six months on May 14; Hairston received six years three months on July 21. Davis is currently awaiting sentencing.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations Washington D.C., Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives Washington Field Division; FBI Norfolk Field Office; U.S. Marshals Service; Federal Bureau of Prisons National Gang Unit; Coast Guard Investigative Service; Norfolk Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Darryl J. Mitchell prosecuted the case.
This prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative established by Executive Order 14159: Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The task force brings together multiple agencies focused on dismantling criminal cartels operating domestically or internationally.