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April 28, 2008
FUGITIVE OF 12 YEARS SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS FOR COCAINE AND CRACK COCAINE CONSPIRACY
– California man who shipped crack cocaine to Louisville sentenced after 12 years
– Estimated street value between $350,000.00 and $500,000.00
LOUISVILLE, KY - Freddie Cannon, age 37, of Long Beach, California was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months imprisonment in United States District Court, Kentucky, for trafficking in cocaine and crack cocaine, U.S. Attorney David L. Huber of the Western District of Kentucky announced today. John G. Heyburn, II, Chief Judge, United States District Court, also sentenced Cannon to 3 years supervised release following incarceration. There is no parole in the federal judicial system.
Cannon, pursuant to a plea agreement, plead guilty to using the United States Mail and United Parcel Service, between December 1992 and May 1994 to ship between 3.5 and 5 kilograms of cocaine and crack cocaine, with an estimated street value of between $350,000.00 and $500,000.00, from California to Louisville, with the purpose of selling the drugs on the streets of Louisville. Cannon, along with twelve other individuals, was indicted in September of 1995 for a conspiracy to import and distribute kilograms of cocaine and crack cocaine from California to Louisville. Cannon, along with his conspirators, would package cocaine and crack cocaine in California and then, using mail couriers, would ship the drugs to various locations in Louisville. Cannon would then travel from California to Louisville to assure the delivery of the drugs and the collection of money. After the indictment was returned in 1995, law enforcement agents, despite serious efforts, were unable to locate Cannon. A federal warrant of arrest remained outstanding until August 2, 2007 when he was arrested by the U.S. Marshall Fugitive Task Force in Carson, California. Due to his unknown whereabouts for over 12 years, Cannon is the final member of the original twelve to be brought to justice.
The co-defendants' cases were resolved as follows:
Ercika Coleman and Yvette Yelder, Dismissed (3/14/97);
Jeanette Jackson: 4 years 9 months, 5 years supervised release (11/8/96);
Bruce Jones: 5 months, 4 years supervised release (8/26/96);
Shawn Mosely: 3 years 5 months; 3 years supervised release (9/3/96);
Rodney Jackson: 10 years, 8 years supervised release (9/21/98);
Bruce Young: 2 years 3 months, 3 years supervised release (10/2/96);
Kenneth McKay: 6 years 6 months, 4 years supervised release (8/26/96);
Kevin Farmer: 5 months, 3 Years supervised release(11/23/99);
Moneek Bowman: 2 years 6 months, 3 years supervised release (9/18/96);
Charles Beamus 3 years and 8 months, 3 years supervised release (11/14/96);
James Jackson 4 years; 1 year supervised release (8/26/96).
The case was prosecuted by Mac Shannon, Assistant United States Attorney, and it was investigated by the Louisville Police Department and the United States Postal Inspector.
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