Prince George’s County Counterfeit Pill Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison
Friday, August 1, 2025, 6:45 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
GREENBELT, MD.- A 48-year-old Laurel, Maryland, man, and a counterfeit pill trafficker, will be spending nearly the next six years in federal prison, after he was sentenced yesterday in Federal Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, for selling over 1,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills to a confidential informant in Laurel, Maryland.
According to U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes, on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, Roddrick Navara Shelby, 48, of Laurel, Maryland, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and was sentenced by Paula Xinis to 70 months in federal prison, to be followed by a term of supervised release, after pleading guilty to Distribution of 40 Grams or More of a Controlled Substance, Fentanyl.
According To U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes
According to the charging documents and statements made in the District Court, in November 2024, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Montgomery County Police Department launched an investigation into Shelby’s fentanyl trafficking activities. During the investigation, federal and state law enforcement Investigators conducted three controlled buys where Shelby sold to a confidential informant around 500 counterfeit pills.
The pills were blue in color and imprinted with “M30,” mimicking the markings on legitimate prescription Oxycodone pills. A subsequent laboratory analysis confirmed that the blue “M30” pills contained fentanyl. During the controlled buys, Shelby sold a total of 1,471 fentanyl pills, with more than 150 grams of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl to the confidential informant.
During the morning hours of March 20, 2025, at the culmination of the investigation, law enforcement Investigators executed a court-authorized search warrant at Shelby’s residence and vehicle in Laurel, Maryland. During the search, Investigators located throughout the residence assorted ammunition, one loaded ammunition magazine, two empty .357 caliber Glock magazines, and one empty .45 caliber Glock magazine. Investigators also located and seized around 63 rounds of ammunition.
Additionally, inside a kitchen drawer, Investigators located and seized three digital scales with white residue and three small-knotted baggies containing cocaine.
U.S. Attorney Hayes commended the investigative work of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Montgomery County Police Department, which led to the successful prosecution of Shelby.