‘PDS’ Street Crew Leader Pleads Guilty to Numerous Offenses Related to Drug Trafficking, Machine Guns, and Other Firearms

            WASHINGTON – Eugene Tracy Hill, 31, of Washington D.C., who utilized the street nicknames “Geno,” Cheese,” or “Doe,” pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances; conspiracy to use, carry, and possess machine guns in furtherance of drug trafficking, and two counts of using, carrying, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

            The plea was announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves; FBI Special Agent David J. Scott of the Washington Field Office’s Criminal and Cyber Division; Special Agent Craig B. Kailimai of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives Washington Field Division; and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

            U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson set a sentencing date for October 18, 2024.

            According to court documents, Hill, who was a member of the Push Dat Shit (PDS) Street Crew which held territory in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C., conspired with other crew members to distribute both marijuana and oxycodone within their territory. As part of his plea agreement, Hill admitted to holding a leadership role within the conspiracy, and further admitted that the co-conspirators distributed more than 100 kilograms of marijuana during the course of their conspiracy. For his part, Hill admitted that he sold marijuana and oxycodone in bulk transactions to other drug dealers, and also sold in street level transactions out of “trap houses” maintained by the crew.

            According to court documents, the co-conspirators also conspired to use, carry, and possess firearms to protect themselves, their drugs, their cash, and their territory from rival crews with whom PDS had “beefs.” As part of his plea agreement, Hill admitted that, as part of the conspiracy one of his co-conspirators assembled fully automatic AR-Pistol machineguns which were then distributed within the crew for use in furtherance of their drug trafficking conspiracy. Hill admitted that he purchased and possessed machineguns during his part in the conspiracy.

            Hill was arrested on September 15, 2022, shortly before the FBI executed a search warrant at a “trap house” he and his co-conspirators maintained on Fourth Street, Southeast. FBI agents recovered two Glock handguns, approximately 100 rounds of ammunition, 1.8 pounds of marijuana, two digital scales, a money counter, and approximately $15,000 from that residence.  Hill has been detained since his arrest.

            This case was investigated by Special Agents of the FBI and ATF with assistance from both officers and detectives from the MPD as part of a joint investigation which has resulted in the seizure of two vehicles, 13 handguns, five machineguns, and several hundred rounds of ammunition, as well as almost 40 pounds of marijuana, dozens of oxycodone pills, and more than $300,000 in cash. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys James B. Nelson and Justin F. Song with valuable assistance from Paralegal Specialists Marissa Mondelli and Melissa Macechko.

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