Texas man imprisoned for drugs

Friday, July 4, 2008

Stuart W. Miskimon, 58, of Pflugerville was arrested on Dec. 22, court papers state, after a St. Mary’s sheriff’s deputy dispatched to check on the welfare of people in a motel room found the suspect with almost 11 pounds of marijuana and 21 bundles of heroin.

Sheriff’s deputy Charles Dodson filed court papers stating he initially found one pound of marijuana after the suspect opened the door to his room at the A&E Motel. Lt. Daniel Alioto and other narcotics officers responded, and court papers state the suspect told them the marijuana and plastic bags of ‘‘black tar” heroin were his, and that he had brought them from Texas to sell them.

In a separate matter, Louis Darnell Parker, 36, of Lexington Park earlier was sentenced to 16 years in prison on his guilty pleas to two charges of the possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute.

Grand jury indictments against Parker followed a November 2005 police raid at a residence that found a plastic bag of suspected cocaine in his pants pocket, court papers state, and a January 2007 raid at his room at the former Best Western motel in California that found suspected cocaine in a nightstand drawer.

In addition, John Edward Burch, 44, of Welcome pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to distribute marijuana and was ordered to pay a $1,100 fine. Two additional drug indictments against Burch were dismissed.

On Monday, Kerwin Deandre Ware, 32, of Leonardtown pleaded guilty to the possession of cocaine last October with the intent to distribute. St. Mary’s Circuit Judge C. Clarke Raley said Ware’s 180-day jail sentence would be reconsidered upon payment of a $3,000 fine and court costs.

‘‘I’m like a tax assessor in the drug business,” Raley said of his efforts to impact the proceeds from narcotics trafficking.

JOHN WHARTON