GREENBELT, MARYLAND – On Thursday, Sean Donnelle Hawkins, a Maryland resident, has pleaded guilty to federal charges relating to his distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, and firearms. During the investigation, Hawkins sold eight firearms, including four privately made semi-automatic firearms known as “ghost guns,” to a law enforcement source.
Between October 2021 and May 2022, Hawkins admitted to selling cocaine, crack cocaine, and/or firearms to law enforcement sources on ten separate occasions. Hawkins sold a law enforcement source eight firearms, including four privately made firearms between February 18, 2022, and May 24, 2022. One of the privately made firearms was a semi-automatic pistol that was loaded with 31 rounds of ammunition.
Hawkins also admitted to possessing the firearms, ammunition, and magazines recovered during a search warrant at his residence on August 3, 2022, in furtherance of his drug trafficking. The recovered items included a .38 special caliber revolver, a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, three bags containing a total of 411.84 grams of marijuana, and one green tablet of oxycodone.
As part of his plea agreement, Hawkins will forfeit the firearms recovered from his home and waive any right or interest in the ammunition and magazines seized during the searches related to the case. Hawkins and the government have agreed that he will be sentenced to between 10 and 13 years in federal prison.