CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. handed down a 151-month sentence to Reginald Glenn Patterson, 45, of Los Angeles, California, yesterday for his role in a Charlotte-area drug conspiracy and money laundering. Patterson was also sentenced to 10 years of court supervision following his prison release.
Joining U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose in the announcement were Nick Annan, Special Agent in Charge of ICE/Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for Georgia and the Carolinas, and Chief Kerr Putney of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Patterson was indicted in 2003 for drug conspiracy. He vanished after skipping his sentencing hearing in Charlotte in 2005 and remained a fugitive until June 2015 when he was apprehended in central California during an unrelated investigation.
In court, Patterson confessed to trafficking over 3,000 kilograms of marijuana around Charlotte. After serving his federal sentence without parole, Patterson will be transferred to the Federal Bureau of Prisons for custody.
The case against Patterson was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sanjeev Bhasker, from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte. HSI and the CMPD led the investigation into the crime ring.
“Today’s sentence sends a clear message that drug trafficking and related financial crimes will not be tolerated,” said U.S. Attorney Rose.
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Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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