明尼苏达州男子藏毒于空心原木与卷毯被判 10 年：车内查获 900 克冰毒与 60 克可卡因
美国明尼苏达区联邦检察官办公室宣布，现年 51 岁、来自 White Earth 的 Dominic Ray LaFriniere 于 10 月 22 日被联邦地区法官 Jeffrey M. Bryan 判处 120 个月（10 年）联邦监禁，罪名是共谋持有意图分销冰毒与可卡因。宣判在 St. Paul 进行。
法庭文件显示，White Earth 部落警察局等执法机构自 2022 年起调查 LaFriniere 的毒品分销活动，期间曾实施一次受控购买，并搜查其住所；调查一度因他在明尼苏达州惩教署服刑而停顿。2024 年 1 月，执法人员因其持有 13 克冰毒将其逮捕，调查随之重启。同年 4 月，执法人员跟踪他从 Minneapolis 返回 White Earth 印第安保留地，在保留地将其截停并搜查其卡车，在一根掏空的原木中查获 900 克冰毒，在一张卷起的地毯中查获 60 克可卡因。
联邦检察官 Daniel N. Rosen 表示，被告选择贩卖冰毒、从成瘾中牟利，其办公室致力于阻断毒品流入社区。此案由 White Earth 部落警察局与明尼苏达州刑事侦查局调查、其他执法伙伴协助，联邦助理检察官 Syngen Kanassatega 负责起诉。
Minnesota Man Sentenced to 10 Years: 900 Grams of Methamphetamine Found Hidden in a Hollowed-Out Log and 60 Grams of Cocaine in a Rolled-Up Carpet
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota announced that Dominic Ray LaFriniere, 51, of White Earth, was sentenced on October 22 by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan to 120 months (10 years) in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. The sentencing took place in St. Paul.
According to court documents, the White Earth Tribal Police Department and other law enforcement agencies began investigating LaFriniere's drug distribution activities in 2022; the investigation included a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from him and a search of his home, and later became dormant while he was incarcerated with the Minnesota Department of Corrections. The investigation resumed in January 2024, when law enforcement arrested him for possessing 13 grams of methamphetamine. In April 2024, officers tracked him traveling to Minneapolis and stopped him as he returned to the White Earth Indian Reservation, then searched his truck and found 900 grams of methamphetamine hidden inside a hollowed-out log and 60 grams of cocaine hidden inside a rolled-up carpet.
U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the defendant chose to traffic methamphetamine and profit off addiction, and that his office is committed to stopping the flow of drugs into communities. The case was investigated by the White Earth Tribal Police Department and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, with assistance from other law enforcement partners, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Syngen Kanassatega.
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图片来源：图：明尼苏达州 St. Paul 市天际线。照片：Michael Barera，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The skyline of St. Paul, Minnesota. Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
