35-Year-Old Rasheed Mickens Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Drug & Firearm Possession

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Officials announced that a Catonsville antheral was sentenced to 10 years successful national situation followed by 5 years of supervised merchandise for possession with intent to administer and possession of a firearm successful furtherance of cause trafficking.

Rasheed Mickens, 35, possessed implicit 200 fentanyl capsules, 35 mannite bars, 1 lb of marijuana and further cause paraphernalia, according to officials. He besides has anterior convictions including a 2006 carjacking.

According to his plea, connected July 8, 2020, Baltimore County Police Department Vice Narcotics Special Enforcement squad observed a suspicious enactment betwixt 2 antheral suspects portion conducting undercover surveillance. Following the interaction, constabulary followed a conveyance driven by a pistillate connected I-695 with a antheral passenger.

Officers pulled the conveyance implicit aft observing the antheral rider manus an point to the driver. During the stop, officers recovered a full of 48 capsules containing achromatic pulverization from some occupants. An further 50 capsules were recovered wrong the vehicle.

The antheral rider informed instrumentality enforcement that they purchased a full of $100 capsules of fentanyl for $300 and consumed 2 portion driving. He said that helium purchased the drugs from a antheral named “Mike.”

The plea statement states that the detectives returned to the determination to find the fishy “Mike.” There, they observed transactions betwixt the fishy and customers. When officers attempted to attack the suspect, helium fled connected foot. He was aboriginal captured and identified arsenic Mickens.

After being detained, Mickens told officers helium had drugs successful his truck. Officials recovered 213 capsules of fentanyl, 96 grams of fentanyl, 1 lb of marijuana, 44 idiosyncratic baggies of marijuana, 35 mannite bars, a container labeled “10,000” capsules containing respective unused capsules, a loaded 9mm pistol, and 3 flip phones from the pickup truck. Other cause paraphernalia was besides recovered.

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Mickens said the substances had much than 40 grams of fentanyl and that the fig of controlled substances was a capable quantity to bespeak an intent to administer and that the firearm located successful the conveyance was possessed to further his cause trafficking crimes.