BOSTON – An alleged member of the Franklin Hill avenue gang in Boston was sentenced at the moment for his position in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine base (crack cocaine).
Timmy Hunt, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Courtroom Choose Denise J. Casper to 70 months in jail and 4 years of supervised launch. On Oct. 21, 2021, Hunt pleaded responsible to 2 counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and one rely of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 28 grams of cocaine base. Hunt was indicted in June 2020 together with co-conspirator Trevel Brewster.
Hunt distributed crack cocaine to Brewster, who in flip offered the medication to a cooperating witness in February and March of 2020. Instantly previous to each gross sales, Hunt arrived in a separate car and offered the medication to Brewster earlier than Brewster offered them to the cooperating witness. In whole, Hunt offered roughly 40.35 grams of crack cocaine for Brewster to promote to the cooperating witness. On Sept. 16, 2021, Brewster was sentenced by Choose Casper to 5 years in jail and 4 years of supervised launch.
United States Lawyer Rachael S. Rollins; Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Particular Agent in Cost of Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division; Boston Police Performing Commissioner Gregory Lengthy; Colonel Christopher Mason, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins; and Brockton Police Chief Emanuel Gomes made the announcement at the moment. Rollins’ Main Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
This case is a part of Undertaking Secure Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the Division of Justice’s violent crime discount efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program confirmed to be efficient at decreasing violent crime. By PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work collectively to determine probably the most urgent violent crime issues in the neighborhood and develop complete options to handle them. As a part of this technique, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on probably the most violent offenders and companions with domestically primarily based prevention and reentry packages for lasting reductions in crime.
