A Maryland man was sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison for cocaine distribution after police discovered his position as the leader of a drug trafficking organization that utilized a Hagerstown appliance store to sell fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine.
According to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of West Virginia, “Juan Manuel De La Rosa-Tejeda, commonly known as “Little Papi,” age 39, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for cocaine distribution.
According to court documents and testimony, De La Rosa-Tejeda was a key figure in the drug trafficking conspiracy, selling large amounts of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in Berkeley County and using a Hagerstown business, Top 3 Sources Appliances, as a central hub. Officers searched De La Rosa-Tejeda’s residence and found $121,670. A search of the top three sources revealed approximately nine kilograms of cocaine and more than one kilogram of heroin.
Lara Omps-Botteicher, an assistant US attorney, prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
