14 Charged in Southeast DC School-Zone Drug Ring; 28 Guns Seized

Prosecutors allege the group conducted open-air drug sales in a neighborhood corridor, including in view of children from a nearby elementary school.

Some of the firearms recovered by law enforcement officials during residential search warrants at 15 locations across D.C. and Maryland are on display during a news conference on June 17, 2025. U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia

Fourteen people were charged Wednesday in a 21-count federal indictment accusing them of conspiring to distribute crack and powder cocaine in a trafficking operation that operated near an elementary school in Southeast Washington, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

The indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court, alleges each defendant conspired to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base and 500 grams or more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of Hendley Elementary.