WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Rashard Perrish Smith, 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 18 years and four months in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine. Co-defendant Joshua Roderick, 41, of Alexandria, was sentenced on Sept. 18 to 15 years and 10 months in prison.
According to court documents, beginning in at least February 2024, Smith and Roderick visited and sometimes resided in the Red Carpet Inn in Dumfries. The Red Carpet Inn, operated by co-defendants Kosha Sharma, 53, and her husband Tarun Sharma, 55, was known in the area as a place where narcotics and commercial s...