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TWO SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN CRACK DISTRIBUTION RING
October 14, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RODERICK WASHINGTON, age 21, a resident of Kenner, and STEVEN NICK, age 50, a resident of Metairie, were sentenced today in federal court by the Honorable Kurt D. Engelhardt for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute crack and powder cocaine, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
According to court documents, NICK and WASHINGTON previously pled guilty admitting that they participated with co-defendant Quincy Brown and eleven others in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and cocaine hydrochloride mainly in the Metairie and Lakeview areas. NICK pled guilty on May 27, 2009, to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more cocaine base and 500 grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride and was sentenced to 48 months in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons. According to court documents, NICK facilitated the conspiracy by driving Brown to distribute cocaine and crack to his customers. WASHINGTON pled guilty on April 22, 2009, to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine and was sentenced to 126 months in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons. WASHINGTON supplied multiple ounces of crack to Brown for redistribution.
The federal cases are the result of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation involving the Drug Enforcement Administration and the New Orleans Police Department. Also assisting in the enforcement operations were the Louisiana State Police, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Kenner Police Department, and St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. OCDETF is an important program which targets the most significant drug trafficking organizations within the United States as well as those outside of the United States borders that impact drug trafficking within the United States.
