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Junior Brooks Sentenced to 46 Months in Jail for Distributing Heroin, Crack Cocaine
A Brooklyn man, Junior Brooks, also known as ‘Lite,’ has been sentenced to 46 months in jail for his role in distributing heroin and crack cocaine in Rutland, Vermont.
Brooks, 26, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Garvan Murtha to 46 months in jail less credit for 23 months of time served in New York State for a related drug offense.
Thus, Brooks will serve 23 months in jail on this federal conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine base. Brooks was also sentenced to a term of supervised release of 3 years once he completes his prison term.
According to court records, Junior Brooks was working with Melvin George to distribute crack cocaine and heroin in the Rutland, Vermont area. Brooks acted as a drug courier and transported controlled substances from Brooklyn to Vermont.
Once in Vermont, he sold the drugs to Melvin George’s drug customers. The Southern Vermont Drug Task Force, with the assistance of a confidential informant, made two purchases of controlled substances directly from Brooks at locations in Rutland, Vermont.
Brooks was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 11, 2013, and appeared in U.S. District Court on November 26, 2013, for an arraignment. He was detained in prison pending trial.
Brooks pled guilty on July 31, 2014, to Count 1 of the Indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine base.
The case was investigated by the Southern Vermont Drug Task Force. U.S. Attorney Tristram J. Coffin commends the Drug Task Force for its work in this matter. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy J. Creswell. Junior Brooks was represented by Attorney Wayne Young.
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Key Facts
- State: Vermont
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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