Member of Baltimore-Area Heroin Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Organization Used a Home Located Less Than 1,000 feet from a Baltimore Charter School to Process and Distribute Heroin

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Maryland-Delaware Division; Acting Assistant Director in Charge Debra Evans Smith of the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Washington Field Office; Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts; Major Michael Kundrat, Senior Commander of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police; Michael A. Pristoop, Chief of the Annapolis Police Department; Anne Arundel County Police Chief Larry W. Tolliver; Colonel Marcus Brown, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police; Acting Special Agent in Charge Robert Brisolari of the Drug Enforcement Administration-Washington Field Division; and Chief James W. Johnson of the Baltimore County Police Department.

According to trial testimony, as part of a long term investigation being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into a heroin drug trafficking organization, calls intercepted over Christian Gettis’ phone revealed that Gettis distributed significant quantities of heroin in Baltimore metropolitan area. Law enforcement intercepted conversations between Gettis and Lampkin and Felton, in which Lampkin and Felton arranged to purchase heroin from Gettis to resell to their own customers. During the investigation a search was executed at Felton’s home and law enforcement recovered a loaded .40 caliber handgun.

The testimony showed that the conspirators used a home which was less than 1,000 feet from a charter school in Baltimore City to process and distribute heroin. The investigation revealed that the conspirators distributed heroin in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County. and a housing project in Annapolis.

The jury found that Lampkin and Felton conspired to distribute between one and three kilograms of heroin.

Michael Felton, age 40, of Baltimore, was previously sentenced to 20 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and for being a felon in possession of a gun.

To date, 27 defendants have been convicted for their participation in the Gettis drug trafficking conspiracy. Judge Motz sentenced Christian Devlon Gettis a/k/a “Cutty Rock,” “C,” and “Chris,” age 40, of Baltimore, the leader of a heroin distribution organization, to16 years in prison and sentenced co-defendant and heroin supplier Charles C. Guy, a/k/a “Captain,” “Beloved,” “B,” “Billy,” “Billy Guy,” “Gary Peterson,” and “Damon Lamont Hackett,” age 44, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, to 17 years in prison, after both pleaded guilty.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised FBI agents in Baltimore, Annapolis, and Washington, D.C.; the Baltimore Police Department; MdTA Police; the Annapolis Police Department; the Anne Arundel County Police Department; the Maryland State Police; FBI agents in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; the DEA; and the Baltimore County Police Department for their work in the searches and the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorneys Ayn B. Ducao and Christopher J. Romano, who prosecuted this Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force case.