TRENTON, N.J. – A Brick, New Jersey, resident, Richard Durham, 28, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for distributing heroin in Ocean and Monmouth counties and elsewhere in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Durham, a member of the large-scale drug trafficking organization known as the ‘Britt-Young DTO,’ previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan to one count of conspiring to distribute heroin.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, from November 2013 through March 2014, Durham conspired with Rufus Young and others to distribute heroin in Ocean and Monmouth counties as part of the Britt-Young DTO. At his plea hearing, Durham admitted he possessed and distributed between 60 and 80 grams of heroin.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Sheridan sentenced Durham to serve three years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBI, Red Bank Resident Office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Richard M. Frankel, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Grippo of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Newark. Defense Counsel is Scott Krasny Esq., West Trenton, New Jersey.
Richard Durham, 28, of Brick, New Jersey, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin in New Jersey. Durham was a member of the Britt-Young DTO.
Criminal Charges: Conspiring to distribute heroin.
City and State: Trenton, New Jersey.
Exact Date: March 2014.
Sentence: 46 months in prison, three years of supervised release.
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Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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