A Richmond resident pled guilty on June 2 to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Court documents show that on September 11, 2025, law enforcement searched two residences linked to Drequan Keymontay Peoples, age 34. As investigators approached one residence, Peoples fled in a vehicle but was pursued and apprehended by Virginia State Police Troopers. Authorities reported that Peoples had a backpack containing $42,290 in cash, 23 oxycodone pills, 20 Alprazolam pills, and two cellphones.
During searches of both residences associated with Peoples, investigators found approximately 958 grams of suspected cocaine, 252 grams of suspected heroin/fentanyl, marijuana, 340 grams of suspected liquid THC, 102 grams of suspected mushrooms, $2,429 in cash, nine firearms, and ammunition.
Peoples is scheduled for sentencing on September 29. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to forty years in prison. Sentencing will be determined by a federal district court judge after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The case was investigated by the Virginia State Police Tri-County Drug Task Force with assistance from the Henrico County Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Washington Field Division. Assistant U.S. Attorneys John C. Blanchard and Katherine E. Groover are prosecuting the case.
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