Ex-SiriusXM DJ Love Dinero Sentenced For Trafficking

Lance Holmes

A Queens man who worked as a disc jockey for SiriusXM was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday for his role in a narcotics trafficking scheme that moved cocaine and fentanyl from California to Nassau County. Lance Holmes, 42, known as DJ Love Dinero, pleaded guilty in March to charges of Operating as a Major Trafficker, Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, and Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree.

Holmes was sentenced by Judge David Sullivan to eight years in prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision. Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the sentencing, detailing Holmes’ involvement in a trafficking operation that exploited the postal system with the help of mail carrier Adrianna Lewis.

“Lance Holmes played a major role in moving multiple kilos of cocaine and fentanyl from the West Coast right into our Hempstead community, disguising his illicit activity by exploiting our mail system with the help of a postal carrier,” Donnelly said. She added that Holmes and Lewis had coordinated the mailing of drugs to unsuspecting residents’ addresses, where Lewis intercepted the packages and delivered them to Holmes for a fee of $500 per parcel.