WASHINGTON (AP) - A Washington, D.C., regulatory agency worker is accused of dealing drugs, sometimes just outside his office near an elementary school.
News outlets report Darrell Marcellus Pope has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute at least 40 grams of a mixture containing fentanyl. The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs worker is set to appear in court Friday, as is the man he named as his supplier. Ronald Maxwell Gorham was arrested on similar charges.
Court records say federal authorities have been investigating Pope for months under the suspicion that he was part of a network of drug dealers based in Virginia. They say the Maryland man repeatedly sold drugs to an undercover officer and informant this summer and was seen carrying a pistol during an exchange last week.
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