Federal Jury Convicts Montgomery County Man on Gun and Drug Conspiracy Charges

Co-defendant Pleaded Guilty Just Before Trial to Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking and a related Narcotics Offense

Per U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland: – Late yesterday a federal jury convicted Darryl Colton Frazer, age 34, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on federal gun and drug conspiracy charges.  Frazer’s co-defendant, Shamire Moore, age 31, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty on October 31, 2022, to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

The guilty verdict and plea were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent in Charge Toni M. Crosby of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division; and Chief Marcus Jones of the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD).

According to the evidence presented at his three-day trial, on July 25, 2019, MCPD officers investigating a recent shooting approached Frazer and co-defendant Shamire Moore after noting that Moore appeared to match the description of an individual involved in the shooting.  When Frazer and Moore saw the officers, they ran into a nearby residential area.  Officers followed them and found Frazer in a nearby apartment building.

Witnesses testified that Frazer was ordered to stop and to drop the black bag that he was carrying.  Instead, Frazer threw the black bag from the stairwell and away from himself.  The black bag was immediately recovered by police, and Frazer was arrested.  The black bag contained: a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol; 103 grams of marijuana packaged into four separate plastic bags; a digital scale, and latex gloves.

At the time of his arrest, Frazer was on supervised release for a previous federal conviction.  Frazer also knew that as a result of his previous conviction, he was prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition.

According to Moore’s plea agreement, officers found Moore lying on the ground in a nearby wooded area.  They ordered Moore to stand up and surrender, but instead, Moore scaled a fence and jumped onto an adjacent government property.  Moore was eventually caught and arrested after a struggle.  The black bag that Moore was carrying contained a loaded .38 caliber revolver, 106 grams of marijuana packaged into four separate plastic bags inside a larger Ziploc bag, and a digital scale, among other items.  During a search of Moore’s clothing and effects, law enforcement also recovered $579 in cash, which represented proceeds of Moore’s drug trafficking offense.  Moore admitted that he possessed the marijuana with intent to distribute it and that the firearm was in furtherance of drug trafficking since it was intended, at least in part, to defend his drug inventory and drug proceeds.

Frazer faces up to 20 years in federal prison for his conviction on charges of participating in a drug conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.  Separately, Frazer will be facing a maximum of two years in prison for violation of his supervised release in his previous federal case.

Moore and the government have agreed that, if the Court accepts the plea agreement, Moore will be sentenced to at least five years, but not more than six years, in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm has not scheduled a sentencing for date for Frazer or Moore.

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