Sean Bond, Marijuana Distribution, Missouri 2014

Defendant Sentenced for Marijuana Distribution

Sean Bond, 39, of Republic, Mo., was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison without parole on July 21, 2015 for his role in a conspiracy to distribute thousands of pounds of marijuana in southwest Missouri.

Bond, a Republic, Mo., man, pleaded guilty on October 16, 2014 to participating in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana in Greene County, Mo., and elsewhere from April 1, 2010 to June 19, 2013.

Bond arranged for co-defendant Brian D. Hanson, 30, of Springfield, and others to pick up marijuana from individuals outside of Springfield, then transported the marijuana to Springfield for Bond to distribute to other persons. Bond and Hanson also traveled together to Texas to obtain marijuana that had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico.

Co-defendant Brian D. Hanson was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for his role in the conspiracy. Hanson admitted that he was responsible for transporting between 1,000 kilograms and 3,000 kilograms of marijuana into southwest Missouri.

Co-defendant Brenda Swearingin, 57, of Springfield, received five years of probation for her role in the conspiracy. She pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime and admitted that she purchased pound amounts of marijuana from Bond each month for about two years and distributed it to others.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, IRS-Criminal Investigation, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Springfield, Mo., Police Department, and COMET (the Combined Ozark Multi-jurisdictional Enforcement Team). It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Randall D. Eggert.

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