Heroin, Fentanyl Statewide Sales Send Glen Burnie Man To Prison

ANNAPOLIS, MD — A Glen Burnie man is being sent to prison for running a gang that distributed heroin and fentanyl throughout Maryland. Vincent Todd Clark, 27, of Glen Burnie, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for supervising the gang and criminal conspiracy.

“This is a man who not only supervised the sale of drugs, but was well aware that those drugs were cut with a deadly agent ⎼ fentanyl,” said Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess on Friday in a news release. “The sale of heroin and fentanyl has had a devastating impact on countless lives across our county. High level dealers like Mr. Clark deserve to be held accountable.”

The investigation into Clark began in the fall of 2015, when Maryland State Police became aware that Clark and his associate, Traymont Wiley, were making large monetary transactions at the Maryland Live! Casino, and spending sums of money that were far outside the normal range for individuals without any documented income.

As heroin arrests began to spike, several suspects debriefed for low level narcotics offenses told authorities that Wiley and Clark were actively involved in a drug trafficking organization.

The investigation revealed that Wiley led the organization, and Clark acted as his first lieutenant. Clark was extensively involved in direct sales of heroin and fentanyl, and would also manage the day to day operations of the drug trafficking business, prosecutors said. This included checking on the organization’s street level dealers to determine their profits and supply, and reconciling any shortfalls with those dealers.

When the investigation first began, the organization often used taxicabs in and around the Annapolis area. However, they eventually began using rental vehicles on a regular basis. Between September 2017 and June 2018, Clark rented at least 27 vehicles for a total of more than $15,640.

On May 10, 2018, detectives attempted a traffic stop on a rented blue Cadillac XTS. Wiley got out of the vehicle and fled from the scene. He was then seen running in the direction of his residence. Police recovered Wiley’s photo ID next to the vehicle, and his DNA was found inside the vehicle.

Although he was not apprehended, several witnesses saw Wiley running through an area of shrubbery where detectives later recovered two large clear plastic bags containing about 487 grams of a heroin and fentanyl mixture.

As Wiley fled, Clark attempted to help him by calling Anne Arundel County 911 to provide false information regarding a man fleeing from law enforcement in an area away from the direction in which Wiley was running.

On Dec. 19, 2018, Clark pleaded guilty to supervising a criminal gang and conspiracy to distribute narcotics. He was sentenced to 40 years suspend all but 20 years of active incarceration, and five years of supervised probation upon release.

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