HAMPTON, Va. — Two men who were arrested last year in a massive, multi-state drug sting have pleaded guilty on drug trafficking charges.
35-year-old Marcid Byrd and 44-year-old Damarcus Mackie of Hampton had a drug operation running out of the Peninsula area.
Mackie pleaded guilty to operating a continuing criminal enterprise and faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison when sentenced on June 19.
Byrd pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, two counts of distribution of cocaine, three counts of using a communication facility in furtherance of drug trafficking, and promotion money laundering. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum of life plus 92 years in prison when sentenced on May 7.
Their case was investigated as part of Operation Cookout, a massive operation that involved over 30 law enforcement agencies from Virginia, North Carolina, and Texas.
