A former Metropolitan Police Department detective was sentenced to 15 months in prison Thursday after using money from a drug conspiracy to buy cars and a motorcycle.
Stephanie Ellison, 51, faces a money laundering charge after pleading guilty March 31 with her accomplice Raymond Proctor, 47, prosecutors said.
Proctor was sentenced April 29 to 63 months in prison on drug conspiracy and money laundering charges.
In 2011 and 2013, Ellison conspired with Proctor to purchase a Maserati, a BMW, and a Harley Davidson motorcycle with drug proceeds in order to conceal the nature, source and ownership of the drug money, prosecutors said.
The cars were titled under Ellison’s name, although Proctor used the cars.
In 2010, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Metropolitan Police Department and the Charles County Sheriff’s Department began an investigation.
During the investigation, Proctor sold almost 418 grams of heroin to multiple undercover agents in exchange for cash and export-only cigarettes.
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Ellison pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, while Proctor pleaded guilty to to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
As part of her plea agreement, Ellison also agreed to the forfeiture of interest in various jewelry items; $5,000 in cash found on Dec. 11, 2012, inside a safe at her residence; the Maserati; the BMW; the Harley Davidson motorcycle; and $47,835 as entry of the forfeiture money judgment.
Additionally, Proctor was ordered to pay a money judgment of $47,835 as forfeiture for the money laundering conspiracy and $41,800 for the narcotics conspiracy.
Ellison, who was arrested in October 2013, had been an MPD officer since 1986.
