Greenbelt, Maryland - On May 10, 2017, U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Mario Finesse Wright, a/k/a Super and Finesse, age 29, of Harrison, New Jersey, to 96 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs. The following additional individuals, including three of Wright’s family members were part of the conspiracy:
Nikko Taylor Wright, age 26, of Germantown, Maryland;
Clayton Dion Hollywood Wright, a/k/a Hollywood, and Harrison Wright, age 23, of New Jersey;
Maximillan Kabir Bradford Wright, age 22, of New Jersey;
Shahryar Talebi-Nejad, a/k/a Skeet, age 28, of North Potomac, Maryland;
Matthew Joseph Hochman, a/k/a Greasy, age 28, of Gaithersburg, Maryland;
Daniel Rocco Famulare, age 29, of Gaithersburg, Maryland;
Brandon Alexander Ade, age 25, of Germantown, Maryland;
Arian Siasi, a/k/a The Prince of Persia, age 26, of Silver Spring, Maryland;
Ilya Bechutsky, age 30, of Boyds, Maryland; and
Terrence Devon Taylor, a/k/a Scoop, and T, age 28, of Clinton, Maryland.
The sentence was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Stephen M. Schenning; Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Washington Field Division; Special Agent in Charge Carl J. Kotowski of the Drug Enforcement Administration - New Jersey Field Division; and Chief J. Thomas Manger of the Montgomery County Police Department.
According to his plea agreement, from at least March 2014 to May 2016, the defendants conspired to distribute heroin and cocaine in several states, including New Jersey and Maryland. Over a period of years, three New Jersey-based brothers, Mario, Clayton, and Max Wright, supplied their Maryland-based brother, Nikko Wright, with large quantities of heroin and cocaine, which Nikko Wright in turn distributed to a network of dealers in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Notably, two of the Maryland-based dealers involved in this conspiracy have admitted that heroin they distributed resulted in overdose deaths in Maryland.
All of the charged members of this conspiracy have pled guilty. In addition to Mario Wright, two others have been sentenced: Matthew Joseph Hochman was sentenced to 63 months in prison and Clayton Dion Hollywood Wright was sentenced to 66 months in prison. The remaining defendants are scheduled for sentencing in the coming weeks and months.
Acting United States Attorney Stephen M. Schenning commended the DEA and the Montgomery County Police Department for their work in the investigation, and in particular praised the DEA’s multi-jurisdictional efforts in this investigation, which included substantial efforts of agents based in both Maryland and New Jersey. Mr. Schenning also recognized the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the United States Marshal Service, Calvert County Police Department, Howard County Police Department, and Prince George's County Police Department for their assistance. Mr. Schenning thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael T. Packard and Ray D. McKenzie, who are prosecuting this Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force case, and also thanked their colleagues in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, who provided valuable support to the prosecution team.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
