Maryland Fugitive Sentenced to 115 Months on Federal Drug and Gun Charges

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

HARRISONBURG, Va. – A wanted fugitive out of Maryland, who led police on a 115-mph high-speed car chase through a work zone on Interstate 81 before crashing into the median, was sentenced yesterday to 115 months in federal prison on federal drug and gun charges. Corey Frances Potter, 30, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pled guilty in June 2026 to one count of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.