Washington Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine in Richmond
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced on October 21 that Gregory Pierce, 28, of Washington, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roderick C. Young to 13 years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
According to court documents, from December 2025 to February 2026, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents conducted four controlled purchases from Pierce at his room in a Richmond, Virginia, hotel, in which he sold a total of 425.86 grams of methamphetamine and, on one occasion, Oxycodone. On February 18, agents searched his hotel room and recovered from a safe, among other things, methamphetamine, a handgun, an extra barrel, amphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine hydrochloride, three digital scales, six credit or debit cards, and three rounds of ammunition.
Prosecutors said that after his arrest, Pierce attempted to obstruct justice by asking a third party to locate and intimidate a witness. The announcement was made by Theophani K. Stamos, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Cindy Marx, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA's Washington Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Gilliland prosecuted the case, No. 3:26-CR-23.
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Photo: 图：位于 Richmond 的 Spottswood W. Robinson III 与 Robert R. Merhige Jr. 联邦法院大楼，本案在此所属的弗吉尼亚东区联邦法院量刑。美国弗吉尼亚东区联邦地区法院发布，公共领域，经维基共享资源。Photo: The Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige Jr. Federal Courthouse in Richmond, in the Eastern District of Virginia, where the defendant was sentenced. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
