United States Attorney
Northern District of Texas

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GRAND PRAIRIE MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 27 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
FOR POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE

U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper announced that, on Friday, March 23, 2007, U.S. District Judge John McBryde sentenced Grand Prairie, Texas, resident, Derrick Anthony Sardin, a/k/a Xavier James Sardin, to 328 months in prison. On December 1, 2006, Sardin, 26, pled guilty to a one-count federal indictment charging him with possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute.

On June 27, 2006, Fort Worth Police Department officers discovered substantial quantities of crack cocaine, powder cocaine, and marijuana, as well as numerous firearms, in a house on Littlejohn Avenue in Fort Worth. An investigation by the Fort Worth Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration led to the indictment of several defendants, including Sardin and Roy Anthony Jackson. Jackson pled guilty to possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and was sentenced in December 2006 to 78 months in prison.

U.S. Attorney Roper praised the investigative work of DEA and the Fort Worth Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan Buie.

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