Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has indicted
Michael Lee King, age 31, of Mt. Airy, Maryland, on the charge of Distribution
of a Controlled Substance with Death Resulting.
The indictment was announced by United States Attorney for
the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Special Agent in Charge Gordon B.
Johnson of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office;
Assistant Special Agent Don A. Hibbert of the Drug Enforcement Administration –
Baltimore; Chief Henry P. Stawinski III of the Prince George’s County Police
Department; Chief Edward G. Hargis of the Frederick County Police Department;
and Sheriff James T. DeWees of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the indictment, on November 5, 2017, King
distributed controlled substances containing heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine to
an individual, which resulted in an overdose death in Frederick County,
Maryland.
King faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in
prison with a maximum sentence of life in prison if found guilty. King had his initial appearance in front of
United States Magistrate Judge Thomas M. DiGirolamo in District Court in
Greenbelt on May 14, 2018.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is
presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal
proceedings.
United States Attorney Robert K. Hur commended the FBI, the
DEA, the Montgomery County Police Department, the Frederick County Police
Department, and the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office for their work in the
investigation. Mr. Hur thanked Assistant
U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes, who is prosecuting the case.
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