Oxon Hill man Kenneth Dawson, aged 47, has been handed a 60-month imprisonment term for his role in distributing significant amounts of PCP and fentanyl. This development, in the Anacostia neighborhood's drug activity, brings to a close a case marked by daytime drug deals executed in plain view. The sentencing was confirmed by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, alongside DEA Washington Division's Ibrar A. Mian, and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia.
The specifics of Dawson's illegal activities detail a brazen series of transactions occurring between June and November 2024, where he repeatedly sold narcotics near the intersection of 16th Street SE and Marion Barry Avenue SE. According to court documents referenced by the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, on one occasion, June 27, 2024, Dawson traded 102 grams of liquid PCP for $800 and supplied powdered fentanyl valued at $100. The deals didn't occur in shadowed alleys or cloaked by the obscure—these were bold, daylight exchanges, tape-recorded by vigilant law enforcement.
Entwined with this case was Dawson's recorded plea on February 28, accepting guilt on one count each of distributing fentanyl and liquid PCP over 100 grams. His conviction stems from evidence that included seven documented sales to confidential informants or an undercover officer. These transactions not only marked his downfall but shed light on the underground current of narcotics flowing through D.C.'s streets.
The arrest of Dawson was the culmination of joint investigative efforts. On December 13, 2024, federal agents apprehended him at his Oxon Hill residence, executing a search warrant that unearthed more incriminating evidence: additional PCP supplies and loaded firearms paraphernalia Dawson, being federally prohibited from owning ammunition added a damning layer to his criminal profile. The interagency operation was a collaboration between the DEA, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, culminating in a successful prosecution led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas G. Strong and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Lauren R. Randell, the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia stated.
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