GREENVILLE – The United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, DAVIN
LAMONT SMITH, 43, of Bolivia, was sentenced by Senior United States District
Judge Malcolm J. Howard for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Judge Howard sentenced SMITH to 216 months of
imprisonment followed by 6 years of supervised release.
SMITH was charged in a six-count superseding indictment on
March 22, 2017, and pled guilty to four counts on April 11, 2018.
Beginning in April 2016, SMITH distributed cocaine in and
around Bolivia, North Carolina. Between
July and September 2016, a confidential informant (CI) purchased cocaine from
SMITH four times. Other informants reported
seeing the defendant possess firearms.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents obtained a search warrant
for SMITH’s residence, where they found firearms, ammunition, and marijuana. Later, SMITH admitted to another informant
that he had additional firearms and had previously shot at law enforcement
officers.
SMITH was previously federally convicted of distribution of
3.5 grams of cocaine base, possession of a firearm by a felon, and using and
carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime and sentenced to 138
months’ imprisonment.
The investigation of this case was conducted by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office. The case was handled by Assistant United
States Attorney Erin Blondel for the Government.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment