Wayne Glymph, a 59-year-old resident of Port Tobacco, Maryland, was sentenced to 13½ years in federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization that brought large amounts of fentanyl, heroin, PCP, and cocaine into the Washington metropolitan area. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Glymph pleaded guilty on September 15, 2025, before Judge Trevor N. McFadden to conspiracy charges related to distributing significant quantities of fentanyl and its analogues, heroin, and PCP. Along with the prison sentence of 162 months, Glymph will serve seven years under supervised release.
Court documents revealed that the drug trafficking operation ran from at least July 2021 through August 2022 until November 2023. During this period, Glymph was involved in distributing about 12 kilograms of fentanyl (including carfentanil), nearly two kilograms of a fentanyl analogue called p-flourofentanyl, more than 236 grams of heroin, and over two gallons of PCP.
Other members of the organization have also faced prosecution. Michael Stewart, aged 61 and from Washington D.C., received a sentence of just under six years in prison for acquiring wholesale cocaine and fentanyl which he then prepared for further distribution. Kevin Quattlebaum admitted guilt to similar conspiracy charges as well as firearm offenses; he was sentenced to nearly twelve years in prison and ordered to forfeit cash and property including a luxury watch and an SUV.
Two additional co-conspirators—Samuel Braxton (“Fatso”) from Temple Hills, Maryland, and Michael Owens from St. Charles, Maryland—pleaded guilty on December 8, 2025. Sentencing for Braxton is scheduled for March 9, 2026; Owens will be sentenced on March 20.
Glymph worked with Braxton and another defendant, Ronnie Rogers, to coordinate the logistics around ordering and paying for narcotics shipments. Rogers pleaded guilty earlier in April 2025 to multiple counts related to distributing controlled substances and possessing a firearm during a drug offense; his sentencing is set for February 24 next year.
Evidence collected during the investigation showed that Glymph and others coordinated their activities with both foreign nationals and local accomplices. The authorities seized several kilos of drugs during the case.
Glymph has prior convictions for drug trafficking as well as weapons offenses and fraud; he previously served two separate ten-year sentences for narcotics crimes.
The investigation involved cooperation among several agencies: DEA Washington Division; U.S. Postal Inspection Service; FBI Washington Field Office; Alexandria Police Department; Metropolitan Police Department; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives; U.S. Customs & Border Patrol; U.S. Bureau of Prisons; Montgomery County Police Department; Prince George’s County Police Interdiction Unit; Charles County Sheriff’s Office; Arlington County Police; Virginia State Police; Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office; U.S. Attorney’s Offices from Maryland (Greenbelt), Northern District of Texas, and Middle District of Tennessee.
U.S. Attorney Pirro was joined in announcing the sentencing by DEA Special Agent Christopher C. Goumenis, Inspector Damon E. Wood from the Postal Inspection Service Washington Division, Chief Tarrick McGuire from Alexandria Police Department, FBI Assistant Director Darren B. Cox from the Washington Field Office, and Interim Chief Jeffrey Carroll from Metropolitan Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys George Eliopoulos, Matthew Kinskey, William Hart, along with Special Assistant Adam Stempel prosecuted the case on behalf of the Violent Crime and Narcotics Trafficking Section at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
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