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New Jersey Man Sentenced to 87 Months for Cocaine Offenses

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Ibn Spivey, a 31-year-old man from Elizabethtown, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Timothy Foley, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division.

As part of his guilty plea, Spivey admitted to possessing cocaine base and cocaine at a residence in Westport, New York, in Essex County. On November 3, 2019, DEA agents executing a search warrant found Spivey and his co-defendant, James Kerns, sitting across from a large brick of cocaine and drug packaging materials, along with a large knife and a video surveillance monitor. Near Spivey and Kerns was a lunchbox filled with cocaine base and powder cocaine. Spivey, sitting across from Kerns, had a bag of cocaine base tucked down his pants.

Chief U.S. District Court Judge Glenn T. Suddaby also sentenced Spivey to 4 years of supervised release following his incarceration. Spivey has been in custody since his arrest on November 3, 2019. The co-defendant, James Kerns, was sentenced last month to 110 months of incarceration following a four-day trial in July 2021.

This case was investigated by the DEA and the New York State Police, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Troy Anderson and Katherine Kopita.

The defendant, Ibn Spivey, has been charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base. He will serve 87 months in prison for his crimes.

The crimes took place in Westport, New York, in Essex County on November 3, 2019. Spivey was arrested on the same day.

Sentencing took place on an unspecified date for Ibn Spivey. He will also serve 4 years of supervised release following his incarceration.

Defendant full name: Ibn Spivey, Exact criminal charges: possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, City and state: Albany, New York, Exact date with month/day/year: November 3, 2019, Sentence or outcome: 87 months in prison and 4 years of supervised release.