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FEBRUARY 9, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GLEN BURNIE DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 170 MONTHS
BALTIMORE, Maryland - United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein announces that today Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Benson E. Legg sentenced James Johnson, III, age 22, of Glen Burnie, Maryland to 170 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base.
According to the statement of facts presented to the court on June 28, 2005 at his guilty plea, Anne Arundel County police officers searched Johnson’s residence on January 4, 2005 and recovered 172.1 grams of cocaine base; 2,563.3 grams of marijuana; a Ruger GP 100.357 magnum handgun; a Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol, a Luger 9mm handgun, a Keltec, 9 mm pistol; a Ruger .45 handgun; $14,000; and a digital scale with white powdery, residue.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein thanked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Anne Arundel County Police Department for their investigative work, and commended Assistant United States Attorney Michael Hanlon, who prosecuted the case.
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