Source: Office of United States Attorneys
NORFOLK, Va. – Two men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to mail fentanyl and other drugs from California to Virginia for distribution.
According to court documents, Devin Joseph Stukes-McFarland, 27, of Virginia Beach, distributed fentanyl using an online service and marketing his fentanyl as legitimate Percocet. From Sept. 21, 2021, to March 27, 2023, Stukes-McFarland received approximately 70 USPS parcels, 15 of which contained fentanyl pills, Xanax pills, and ketamine, from Brian Malik Williams, 27, of Modesto, California. Williams, who used the alias “Matty Ruger” received payments from Stukes-McFarland through Cash App, Apple Pay, and other methods.
On Feb. 2, 2023, Williams sent a parcel to Stukes-McFarland’s former address. On February 9, 2023, the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted a controlled purchased of approximately 600 Fentanyl pills, weighing approximately 65 grams from Stukes-McFarland at his then-current address.
On Feb. 27, 2023, Williams mailed another parcel from Sacramento to Stukes-McFarland. On March 2, 2023, VBPD and the DEA conducted another controlled purchase of approximately 400 Fentanyl pills, weighing approximately 46 grams, from Stukes-McFarland at his then-current address.
On March 21, 2023, Williams mailed another parcel from Sacramento to Stukes-McFarland. On March 24, 2023, an undercover U.S. Postal Inspector delivered the parcel to Stukes-McFarland’s residence. Immediately after the parcel was taken into the residence, DEA, VBPD, and USPS executed a search warrant on the residence, and Stukes-McFarland was arrested.
During the search, investigators recovered the parcel, which contained 4,260 fentanyl pills, weighing 466 grams, as well as 1,279 Xanax pills and other controlled substances.
Stukes-McFarland pled guilty on Nov. 15, 2023, to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. On July 11 Williams was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Williams pled guilty on March 12 to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and aiding and abetting in the possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Williams was sentenced today to 10 years in prison.
Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge for the DEA’s Washington Division; Jason S. Miyares, Attorney General of Virginia; Damon E. Wood, Inspector in Charge of the Washington Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; Jeff Krafels, Special Agent in Charge of the Mid Atlantic Area Field Office for the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General; and Paul Neudigate, Chief of Virginia Beach Police, made the announcement after Williams was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin M. Comstock and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc W. West, an Assistant Attorney General with the Virginia Attorney General’s Office prosecuted the case.
A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case Nos. 2:24-cr-2 (Williams) and 2:23-cr-73 (Stukes-McFarland).