COLUMBIA, SC—United States Attorney Bill
Nettles announced today Hendrick “Tony” Cousar (33) was sentenced today to 20
years in federal prison. Cousar had previously been convicted after a trial of
conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine (Title 21, United States Code, Section
846). Mr. Nettles stated that based on the substantial drug weight found by the
jury and Cousar’s prior drug convictions, Cousar was sentenced to a mandatory
20-year sentence by United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson.
Evidence presented at sentencing and
during the trial from law enforcement and cooperating citizens showed that
Cousar distributed substantial quantities of crack cocaine in and around Rock
Hill, South Carolina. In 2004, Cousar was arrested, and subsequently convicted
by York County, for the distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack
cocaine in close proximity to a park. After being released from custody, Cousar
resumed supplying crack cocaine. Law enforcement caught up with Cousar again
when, in May 2011, agents utilized a cooperating citizen to make two controlled
buys of crack cocaine from Cousar’s crack cocaine organization. Following his arrest
on May 11, 2011, Cousar admitted to agents that over the last year he had been
supplying hundreds of grams of crack cocaine in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Two
of Cousar’s co-conspirators, George Gore and Laventa Murray, earlier pleaded
guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, and each was sentenced to 10
years in federal prison.
The case was investigated primarily by
Chester County Sheriff’s Office, York County Multi-jurisdictional Drug
Enforcement Unit, State Law Enforcement Division, and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jay
N. Richardson.
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