Crime & Safety
Upper Marlboro Man Sentenced for Selling Crack Cocaine
Weldon Emanuwell Gordon, 35, received a 10-year sentence for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
A 35-year-old Upper Marlboro man will spend 10 years behind bars after he was convicted of having crack cocaine with the intent to sell, according to a press release from the office of U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
In January 2009, police conducted a search of Weldon Emanuwell Gordon's apartment and found 379.2 grams of crack cocaine, an electronic scale with cocaine residue and $18,729 in cash, according to his plea agreement.
After serving his sentence, Gordon will then have five years supervised release.
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Gordon is currently serving a life sentence for his conviction in the District of Columbia for conspiring to murder a witness in a separate case, according to Rosenstein's office.
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