Leesburg Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin, Fentanyl Charges

LEESBURG, VA – A Leesburg man pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing heroin and fentanyl from a house in downtown Leesburg, causing multiple overdoses, including one death.

Darnell Lee Washington, aka “Dale,” 26, pleaded guilty on Oct. 18 to charges related to his distribution of heroin and fentanyl, according to an announcement by the United States Attorney Dana J. Boente, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Eastern District of Virginia.

Between late 2015 and February 2016, Washington regularly distributed heroin he obtained from his source of supply to customers in Leesburg, and elsewhere, according to the statement of facts filed with the plea agreement.

Washington distributed heroin from a house on South Street in Leesburg, and stored digital scales, packaging material and other paraphernalia in the house.

On Feb. 1, 2016, Washington distributed a controlled substance, which turned out to be fentanyl, causing multiple overdoses, including a fatal overdose of which the victim died from acute fentanyl poisoning.

Washington was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 17, and has agreed to accept a binding sentence of 15 years in prison, according to the DOJ.

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