A 26-year-old man from Brooklyn, New York, has been handed a 46-month prison sentence for his role in distributing heroin and crack cocaine in Rutland, Vermont.
Junior Brooks, also known as ‘Lite,’ was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Garvan Murtha to 46 months in jail, with credit for 23 months of time served in New York State for a related drug offense.
Brooks will serve 23 months in jail on this federal conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine base, a crime he committed in conjunction with Melvin George, who was also sentenced to 60 months in jail today.
According to court records, Brooks acted as a drug courier, transporting controlled substances from Brooklyn to Vermont, where he sold them to Melvin George’s 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 and 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 and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nancy J. Creswell. Junior Brooks was represented by Attorney Wayne Young.
The United States Attorney, Tristram J. Coffin, commends the Drug Task Force for its work in this matter.
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- Alvin Kinard, Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Crack Cocaine, Vermont 2013 · South Carolina
- Von Simmonds, Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base, Vermont 2013 · Illinois
- Marco Antonio Lam Peralta, Conspiracy to Distribute Over 1 Kilogram of Heroin, Vermont 2015 · New York
Key Facts
- State: Vermont
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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