Episode 63 - The Story of the Weed Kings of Northern Virginia - Part 1

In this first of a two part series we talk about the murder of Danny Petrole and the beginning of the investigation into Owen Barber, Justin Wolfe and a massive drug ring in Northern Virginia in the late 1990's.

Daniel Robert Petrole, Jr.

Justin Wolfe at Trial

Owen Barber

SOURCES

https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/justin-wolfe-sentenced-to-serve-41-years-in-prison-for-2001-murder/article_56069f46-4eb9-11e6-b89d-d3318f6e5778.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/drug-ring-slaying-case-ends-with-apology-hefty-sentence--15-years-later/2016/07/20/fe10cb3c-4ea8-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/06/23/justin-wolfe-appeal-rejected/

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