ANNAPOLIS — U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox sentenced the final co-conspirator in a 12-person drug-trafficking organization takedown on Friday. The group operated on and around Clay Street in Annapolis.

Demarco Watkins, 46, of Baltimore, was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. Larry Adams, 42, of Annapolis, received 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person.

Curtis Johnson, 45, of Glen Burnie, was sentenced to 66 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Sheldon Wells, 37, of Annapolis, was sentenced to 63 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Olando Thompson, 35, of Annapolis, was sentenced to 54 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and distribution and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Juan Lamont Johnson, 50, of Annapolis, was sentenced to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Wayne Thompson, Jr., 34, of Annapolis, was sentenced to 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Keo Williams, 29, of Annapolis, was sentenced to four months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, with the first four months served on home detention, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and distribution and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the sentences. Jimmy Paul, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Baltimore Field Office, and Anne Colt Leitess, State’s Attorney for Anne Arundel County, participated in the announcement.

The investigation was led by the FBI Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Safe Streets Task Force and connected to a Homeland Security Task Force drug investigation. Investigators used subpoenas, search warrants, pen registers, toll data, pole camera footage, physical surveillance, confidential sources, undercover officers, and controlled buys to investigate the organization.

Beginning in June 2024 and continuing into October 2024, investigators received court authorization for a federal wiretap on four cellphones. Through the wiretap, investigators intercepted conversations in which co-conspirators discussed and coordinated drug sales, including discussions of a meeting at an Annapolis auto store to complete a drug transaction.