Parkville man sentenced to 7 years in prison on cocaine trafficking, gun charges

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A Parkville man identified by investigators as a cocaine supplier in a multistate drug trafficking investigation has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Alcedo Hodge Jr., a 30-year-old from Parkville, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar to seven years in prison and five years of supervised release for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and carrying firearms to support his drug crimes. Authorities tied the case to a multi-state drug investigation overseen by the Homeland Security Task Force.

Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the sentence alongside Acting Special Agent in Charge Shane K. Todd of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Division, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley and Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Carolyn J. Scruggs.

According to court records, the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2024 was investigating a drug trafficking group in Richmond, Virginia and identified Hodge as a key supplier. In December 2024, investigators intercepted wiretap conversations about cocaine deliveries in the Baltimore area and surveilled Hodge meeting co-conspirators at a shopping center parking lot in Owings Mills.

On Dec. 5, authorities followed a drug trafficking group member after a meeting involving Hodge. After pulling the member over in Virginia, they found one kilogram of cocaine in the car. In January 2025, investigators again observed Hodge during what they suspected to be another drug transaction. Then, on March 17, 2025, police stopped Hodge in Baltimore County, used a K-9 unit to search his vehicle and recovered three kilograms of cocaine, a loaded Glock handgun with an extended magazine and about $78,000 in cash.

After arresting Hodge, authorities searched his home in Parkville and found three more kilograms of cocaine, a second loaded firearm that had been reported stolen and two digital money counters. Hodge admitted that he intended to use the guns and money to support his drug trafficking activities.