On Tuesday, Romaroe Eugene Scott, 29, of Virginia Beach, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and firearm charges in Norfolk federal court. He was the last of five defendants in a local drug trafficking ring to plead guilty.
Scott faces a minimum of five years and possibly as much as life in prison when he is sentenced.
Damion Kirkland, 29; Marcus Dentmond, 25; Larry Alonzo Oliver, Jr., 26; and Corey Silas Trowel, 34, all of Virginia Beach already pleaded guilty to related charges.
According to a press release from Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendants were involved in distributing approximately 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances in the Newtown Road and Baker Road areas of Virginia Beach.Â
Large quantities of marijuana, close to an ounce of cocaine base, nearly 1 kilogram of heroin and over $60,000 in cash was seized when the men were arrested in October 2010.
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