SALISBURY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO FIFTEEN YEARS IN PRISON

On June 11, 2014, a Wicomico County jury convicted Alexander Dewight Stevens, age 34, of Salisbury, Maryland, of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana. Following the jury trial, a Wicomico County Circuit Court judge sentenced Stevens to 10 years in the Maryland Division of Corrections for the cocaine offense. That 10 year sentence represented a mandatory minimum, non-parole eligible sentence based upon Stevens’ status as a subsequent offender. Stevens had previously been convicted of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine in 2009. Under the count related to possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, Stevens was sentenced to 5 years. That 5 year active sentence was ordered to be served consecutive to the 10 year sentence imposed for the cocaine offense.

Stevens had been pending charges related to a drug investigation conducted by members of the Salisbury Police Department’s Safe Streets Unit and members of the Maryland State Police Gang Enforcement Unit. This investigation culminated in the issuance of a search and seizure warrant for Stevens’ person and residence. During surveillance prior to execution of the search warrant, investigators observed Stevens leave his residence while carrying a black backpack and enter into a cab. The cab was immediately stopped and the same black backpack was found resting between Stevens’ legs. Investigators searched the black backpack pursuant to the search warrant and officers recovered a Crown Royal bag. Inside of the Crown Royal bag, investigators recovered and seized a large amount of powder cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana packaged and ready for street-level distribution.

Wicomico County State’s Attorney Matthew A. Maciarello commended the Salisbury Police Department’s Safe Streets Unit and the Maryland State Police Gang Enforcement Unit for their work in the investigation and prosecution of this case. Mr. Maciarello also thanked James L. Britt who prosecuted Stevens.