Drug ring leaders sentenced to life

Three leaders of a narcotics ring that operated in D.C., Maryland and Virginia were each sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release, federal prosecutors said.

Gerald Eiland, 37, of Alexandria, Frederick “Toby” Miller, of Oxon Hill, and Timothy Thomas, 57, of D.C., controlled an organization that smuggled cocaine, heroin into the area, processed and packaged those drugs and sold them on the streets of D.C. – Scott McCabe