A Parkville man identified by authorities 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 assist his drug crimes. Authorities related the case to a multi-state drug probe 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 papers, the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2024 was investigating a drug trafficking gang in Richmond, Virginia and identified Hodge as a main source. In December 2024, investigators overheard wiretap communications about cocaine delivery 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 cocaine trafficking group member following a meeting involving Hodge. After pulling the member over in Virginia, they found one kilogram of cocaine in the automobile. In January 2025, agents again spotted Hodge during what they considered to be another drug transaction. Then, on March 17, 2025, police stopped Hodge in Baltimore County, utilized a K-9 unit to search his vehicle and seized three kilograms of cocaine, a loaded Glock handgun with an extended magazine and roughly $78,000 in cash.
After capturing Hodge, officers searched his residence in Parkville and recovered three additional kilograms of cocaine, a second loaded pistol that had been reported stolen and two digital money counters. Hodge stated that he wanted to use the guns and money to support his drug trafficking enterprises.
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