Baltimore man admits to fentanyl charge out of Berkeley County, could face 40 years in prison

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A Baltimore man has admitted to fentanyl charge in federal court. The US Attorney’s Office says 35-year-old Steven Bernard Parker, Jr., of Baltimore, who also goes by the name “Mac Man” entered the plea Monday in federal court in Martinsburg.

It was a large amount of fentanyl – Parker admitted to selling 40 grams or more of fentanyl in June of last year in Berkeley County.

Parker is facing at least five and up to 40 years of incarceration and a fine of up to $5,000,000.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives; and the Martinsburg Police Department investigated.