Annandale drug dealer heading to prison

A federal judge on July 16 sentenced Tyrice Stanton, 37, of Annandale, to five years and four months in prison for possession with intent to distribute N-isopropyl butylone (boot) and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.

According to court documents, law enforcement searched Stanton’s residence on May 2, 2024, pursuant to a warrant. Investigators recovered from his bedroom 36 individually packaged bags of boot, a Schedule 1 controlled substance, and another larger package of boot, for a total of 41.63 grams.

Investigators also recovered a privately made firearm with an extended magazine and a laser light, another handgun, ammunition, four ammunition magazines, and brass knuckles.

On May 22, 2024, after Stanton was charged with armed drug trafficking and had been released, he was photographed in possession of a rifle. On June 26, 2024, while executing a search warrant, investigators found Stanton in possession of another handgun.

The Washington Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Fairfax County Police Department investigated this case. The sentence was handed down by a judge at the U.S. District Court in Alexandra.