RALEIGH – The United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in
federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced
JIMMY LEVON UNDERWOOD, 31, of Wilmington to 72 months of imprisonment followed
by 5 years of supervised release.
On August 8, 2017, UNDERWOOD was named in a nine-count
Indictment. On December 11, 2017,
UNDERWOOD pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to
Distribute 100 grams or more of Heroin.
In March 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the
Wilmington Police Department, began investigating the narcotics activity of
UNDERWOOD. From April to November 2016,
law enforcement made seven purchases of heroin from UNDERWOOD. Several firearms were present during one of
the purchases. Based upon the
investigation, UNDERWOOD and others made trips to New Jersey to purchase heroin
for distribution in Eastern North Carolina.
On November 28, 2016, investigators conducted a traffic stop
of a vehicle driven by UNDERWOOD. He initially pulled away from investigators
and drove a short distance before pulling over again. During the pursuit,
someone in the vehicle threw out a package which contained 148.26 grams of
heroin which was recovered by law enforcement.
The vehicle eventually stopped and the search of the vehicle resulted in
25 boxes of new and unused heroin packaging materials and three boxes of a
cutting agent.
Following the traffic stop, law enforcement obtained search
warrants for several locations associated with the organization in which
weapons and items used for the distribution of heroin were found. Based on the investigation, UNDERWOOD was a
high ranking gang member.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Street Task Force
and the Wilmington Police Department conducted the criminal investigation of
this case. Assistant United States
Attorneys Dennis M. Duffy and Timothy Severo handled the prosecution of this
case for the government.
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