Hampton drug trafficker sentenced to five years in prison for distributing LSD

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man was sentenced today to five years in prison for distribution of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

According to court documents, during the course of a narcotics trafficking investigation, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) conducted five controlled purchases of narcotics from Josiah Antonio Travis, 24, between December 2024 and March 2025. On Jan. 8, 2025, Travis sold 200 gel tabs (approximately 5.8 grams) of LSD. During the course of the controlled buys, Travis also sold marijuana, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and mushrooms containing psilocybin and/or psilocyn.

Following the controlled buys, NCIS searched Travis' residence and recovered, among other things, 543.2 grams of mushrooms, marijuana, four loaded firearms, various ammunition, ammunition magazines, narcotics packaging materials, and a digital scale.

Theophani K. Stamos, First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Steven DiGiantommaso, Special Agent in Charge of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Norfolk Field Office, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter G. Osyf prosecuted the case.

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