SOUTH BEND – Terron Taylor, 23 years old, of Chicago,
Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E DeGuilio after
pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin, announced U. S. Attorney
Kirsch.
Taylor was sentenced to 168 months in prison followed by 5
years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Kirsch said, “Drug dealers target areas of
cities and towns for drug distribution.
We are targeting them. As we
catch them, we will seek lengthy penalties for spreading poison on our streets. This case is a prime example of federal,
state and local law enforcement agencies working together to combat the drug
epidemic.”
According to documents in the case, from March 2017 up to
and including October 2017, Taylor conspired with a group of other dealers to
distribute over 1 kilogram of heroin to drug customers on the streets of South
Bend. Customers would call a drug phone
and order heroin. Whichever dealer had
the phone at the time would arrange to meet with the customer and complete the
heroin sale. The business model was
efficient: transactions were quick and without hassle. All of the heroin was pre-packaged in ½ gram
quantities. The price remained uniform
regardless of which dealer showed up to sell.
Investigators conducted numerous controlled purchases by calling the
drug phone and ordering heroin.
Investigators met with and identified different dealers, most of which
were from Chicago. On four occasions in
September 2017, Taylor was involved in selling heroin to the
investigators. Taylor has a lengthy
criminal history that qualifies him as a career offender under the guidelines.
This case was investigated by the ATF and DEA with
assistance from several local law enforcement agencies including the Elkhart
Police Department, Indiana State Police, the St. Joseph County Drug
Investigations Unit and the St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney’s
Office. This case was prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorneys Joel R. Gabrielse and Molly E. Donnelly.
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