“Likable” drug dealer sentenced to five years in prison
Filed under: Cocaine Vs Crack Law As Of July 30 2010
But he's also “a career criminal,” the judge said in sentencing Ivey to five years in state prison on two crack cocaine felonies. Ivey, 32, of Michigan Avenue, faces more legal trouble in Ohio, where a pending drug … Ivey pleaded guilty to third … Read more on Buffalo News
Wheaton Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Cocaine Conspiracy
Filed under: Cocaine Vs Crack Law As Of July 30 2010
The jury found that Carlos Jose Trejo Ruiz was responsible for distributing at least 280 grams of crack cocaine and at least 5 kilograms of powder cocaine. According to evidence presented at his five-day trial, Trejo conspired with Nestor Vladimir … Read more on Patch.com
DC on pace for fewer than 100 homicides in 2012
Filed under: Cocaine Vs Crack Law As Of July 30 2010
Across the country, violent crime reported by police to the FBI fell by 3.8 percent last year from 2010. Though D.C. is … The 1990 arrest of then-Mayor Marion Barry for smoking crack cocaine fed a perception that the city where the nation's laws were … Read more on KLTV
