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Inmate Orchestrated Two Separate Drug Conspiracies
A 31-year-old Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for orchestrating two separate drug conspiracies from behind bars, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson today.
Tymalk Quane Love, 31, was sentenced to a total of 10 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. The defendant received five years for drug conspiracy and five years for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, which will be served consecutively.
Lovely used contraband cell phones, which he directed the trafficking of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl from behind prison walls. This lethal drug operation posed a continued threat in northern Oklahoma communities but was shut down thanks to the work of local, state and federal law enforcement.
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to protecting Oklahomans and stands ready to prosecute any individual, living in our communities or behind bars, who directs the sale of illicit drugs in northern Oklahoma,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
According to court documents, from January 2018 to February 2019, Love conspired with Anthony Ward Irving, Casey Joe Eastwood, and others, including a Tulsa “Facilitator,” to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and an unknown quantity of heroin.
Love coordinated the other members’ activities and shipments, payments, and the distribution of methamphetamine and heroin using contraband cell phones. Anthony Irving, who lived in Arizona at the time of the conspiracy, provided large quantities of drugs to be redistributed. Casey Eastwood, who lived in Arkansas, helped redistribute the drugs to end-users. Love also coordinated with both men and further instructed a Tulsa Facilitator on when and where to obtain, pay for, and distribute the drugs.
Lovely admitted that the Facilitator possessed a firearm to protect the methamphetamine and drug proceeds from possible theft, and that the Facilitator’s gun possession in furtherance of the drug trafficking operation was reasonably foreseeable to him.
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Thomas E. Duncombe and Kevin C. Leitch prosecuted the case.
Key Facts
- State: Oklahoma
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud and Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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