Man Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana

St. Thomas, USVI – District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Kurt Reovan, 37, of Georgia, to 20 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.

On June 8, 2015, Reovan pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Court records show that on February 13, 2015, Reovan and Amari Stroy, 23, of Union City, Georgia, were apprehended at the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas with approximately 9.9 kilograms of marijuana in a checked suitcase. Reovan brought the marijuana to St. Thomas on a flight that originated in Atlanta, Georgia. On September 17, 2015, Stroy was sentenced to eight months in
prison and one year of supervised release for possession of marijuana.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David White.