FORT WAYNE, IN – A Greenwood man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a massive cocaine trafficking operation.
Dewayne Lewis, 46, was found guilty at a bench trial for possessing more than five kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Gary T. Bell.
Lewis was sentenced to 360 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, by United States District Judge Theresa L. Springmann.
According to documents in the case, Lewis was distributing large quantities of cocaine and marijuana for a drug trafficking organization operating in northeast Indiana, who obtained their drug supply from a Mexican cartel.
The organization transported hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and marijuana from the border area in McAllen, Texas, and offloaded the drug shipments in a warehouse in Angola, Indiana.
Lewis and others then distributed the drugs in multi-kilogram amounts to a network of dealers in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan.
On February 1, 2015, Lewis obtained approximately 20 kilograms of cocaine and over one million dollars in cash from a hidden area in a stash location in Butler, Indiana.
Law enforcement officers located Lewis at a motel in Greenwood, Indiana, on February 3, 2015, and officers obtained a search warrant for this motel room.
Upon serving the search warrant, officers located Lewis in the room with approximately 20 kilograms of cocaine and a total of approximately $2.089 million in cash.
The fingerprints of Lewis were recovered from some of the money packaging, and Lewis confessed to his involvement in the drug distribution operation.
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Key Facts
- State: Indiana
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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