伊利诺伊州罗克福德男子贩运可卡因获刑15年8个月：住处与储物柜搜出约700克可卡因与上膛手枪
美国司法部伊利诺伊北区联邦检察官办公室11月4日宣布，伊利诺伊州 Rockford 居民 William Spears（68岁）因贩运可卡因与非法持枪，被联邦法官 Iain D. Johnston 于10月30日判处15年8个月联邦监禁。
据检察官办公室公布，Spears 在为期四个月的毒品调查后于2024年6月被捕，被捕时身上带有3.5克正准备卖给他人的可卡因。执法人员随后搜查他的住所与租用的储物柜，查获约700克可卡因、17,000美元现金与一把上膛的手枪。
Spears 今年早些时候认罪，罪名包括持有500克以上可卡因意图分销，以及以被禁止人员身份持有枪支——他此前有重罪记录，依法不得持有枪支。
判决由伊利诺伊北区联邦检察官 Andrew S. Boutros 与烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）Chicago 分局主管 Christopher Amon 公布，Winnebago County 警长办公室协助调查。助理联邦检察官 Andrew M. Rosati 在政府量刑备忘录中写道，被告的行为显著加剧了困扰 Rockford 社区的毒品问题，重刑对保护公众与社区是必要的。（来源：美国司法部）
Rockford Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced on November 4 that William Spears, 68, of Rockford, Illinois, was sentenced on October 30 by U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston to 15 years and eight months in federal prison for trafficking cocaine and illegally possessing a loaded firearm.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Spears was arrested in June 2024 following a four-month narcotics investigation. At the time of his arrest he possessed three and a half grams of cocaine that he had been planning to sell. Law enforcement then searched his residence and a rented storage unit and discovered approximately 700 grams of cocaine, $17,000 in cash, and a loaded handgun.
Spears pleaded guilty earlier this year to possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person; as a previously convicted felon, he was barred from possessing firearms.
The sentence was announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Christopher Amon, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office assisted in the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Rosati argued in the government's sentencing memorandum that the defendant's actions significantly contributed to the drug problem plaguing the Rockford community and that a significant sentence was necessary to protect the public. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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