Security News in Brief: Six indicted on drug charges

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Six Ohio and West Virginia residents are facing drug charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. The indictment charges six people with one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base, Cocaine Hydrochloride, Methamphetamine, and Heroin” and several other drug charges.

Security News in Brief: Pinellas Man Sentenced To More Than Four Years In Federal Prison For Dealing Drugs And Violating Supervised Release

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Cedric Tonesy Mount (48, St. Petersburg) to 33 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute controlled substances, and 24 months in prison for violating supervised release. The Court ordered the sentences to be served consecutively. Mount was also ordered to serve an additional 6 years of supervised release.

Security News in Brief: Five local men charged federally with crimes connected to 3 murders

Source: United States Department of Justice News

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal grand jury has charged five Columbus men with crimes related to three murders. An alleged narcotics conspiracy in 2018 to rob a local marijuana dealer of drugs and cash in his residence allegedly resulted in the shooting death of another resident within that house. To cover up for this murder, it is alleged one defendant murdered a man and a woman with knowledge of the first murder.