A Washington, DC, man was sentenced on Friday after burglarizing 20 different pharmacies with two co-conspirators in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, according to the DOJ.
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The Department of Justice said 33-year-old Deontae Britton, also known as Deaundre Blount, was sentenced to over six and a half years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for committing the pharmacy burglaries.
Britton and 40-year-old Harold Dorman and 58-year-old William Sherod III, both from Maryland, allegedly burglarized the pharmacies between January 2022 and April 2022, prompting a tri-state, multi-agency law enforcement investigation, according to the DOJ.
Authorities say Britton helped break into the pharmacies with pry bars and steal controlled substances like Oxycodone HCI, Adderall, fentanyl patches and other drugs.
Sherod, who authorities say served as a lookout, received a 40-month-long sentence along with three years of supervised release.
Dorman’s case is still pending.