Walter Deandre Sorrells, PCP Conspiracy, Missouri 2016

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Blue Springs man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute PCP and money-laundering conspiracy.

Walter Deandre Sorrells, also known as “Juice,” “Waterboy,” and “Walt,” 39, of Blue Springs, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays on Monday, May 16, 2016, to 20 years in federal prison without parole.

Sorrells admitted that he purchased large quantities of PCP from co-defendant Stephon Donte Williams, 32, of Lynwood, Calif., and re-sold it in smaller quantities in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Thirteen controlled drug purchases, totaling well in excess of one kilogram of PCP, were made directly with Sorrells.

Sorrells and Williams are among 20 defendants charged in the indictment, all of whom have either been convicted at trial or pleaded guilty.

The indictment also states that at least 10 law enforcement-controlled purchases of PCP, cocaine, and crack cocaine were conducted with at least five of the defendants.

According to the indictment, all of the co-defendants are severally and jointly liable to forfeit to the government $814,000, which was received in exchange for the unlawful distribution of PCP, cocaine, or crack cocaine.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce Rhoades. It was investigated by the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, and IRS-Criminal Investigation.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/blue-springs-man-sentenced-20-years-pcp-conspiracy