Three men from the Seattle area have been sentenced to federal prison in connection with drug trafficking and firearms offenses, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.
Anthony Raymond Dodd, 36, received the longest sentence of ten years after being convicted on July 25, 2025, for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. At his sentencing on October 27, 2025, U.S. District Judge John H. Chun emphasized the seriousness of the offense due to the dangers posed by fentanyl and noted that Dodd was armed and under Department of Corrections community custody at the time.
In another case, Chief Judge David G. Estudillo sentenced Philip Boorkman to six years in prison for his role as a key distributor in a drug trafficking group linked to an Aryan Family prison gang. Boorkman was indicted in March 2023 and pleaded guilty in January 2025. During sentencing on October 3, 2025, Judge Estudillo stated: “This is a serious offense…The amount of damage it does to the community is probably immeasurable in terms of lives lost and all of the ripple effects from people who are addicted.” Prosecutors highlighted Boorkman’s involvement by writing: “Boorkman was a trusted member of a large distribution network responsible for distributing hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine and hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills. Based on Boorkman’s trusted role in the organization, there is no question that he understood the devastating impact these drugs were having on the community.”
On October 1, 2025, U.S District Judge Tana Lin sentenced Marquise Tolbert, age 30 from Tacoma, to just over three years (39 months) for drug trafficking and illegal firearms possession following his guilty plea earlier that year.
Law enforcement agencies including the FBI Safe Streets task force, DEA, Seattle Police Gun Violence Reduction Unit and others investigated these cases as part of efforts targeting gun violence and drug distribution networks in western Washington. In Tolbert’s case specifically, investigators used wiretaps while tracking discussions about shootings among members involved with drug operations; they subsequently arrested Tolbert after surveilling him during a gun purchase.
Tolbert had previously been involved in a fatal shootout at Third Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle in 2020 which left one woman dead and seven injured; although acquitted on murder charges at state court level related to that incident, he was convicted for illegal firearms possession.
The cases were prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Cecelia Gregson and Rachel Yemini (Dodd), Zachary Dillon, Max Shiner, Jehiel Baer (Boorkman), Stephen Hobbs and Michelle Jensen (Tolbert). Investigations included contributions from local police departments as well as federal agencies such as DEA and Homeland Security Investigations.
