Derrick Murphy, 40, of Toledo, was sentenced recently to 320 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Helmick after earlier pleading guilty to enticement of a minor and drug charges. Judge Helmick also ordered Murphy to serve 10 years of supervised release upon release from imprisonment.
A Toledo man was sentenced to 280 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary after pleading guilty to multiple charges stemming from his role in a Toledo-area drug trafficking conspiracy.
A federal jury last week convicted Antuan Wynn, 47, of Toledo, Marquise Figures, 37, of Wayne, Ohio, and Christopher Simpson, 31, of Toledo, of participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed large quantities of cocaine, cocaine base (crack) and fentanyl throughout the Toledo area.
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Updated: 6:52 PM EST December 16, 2020
TOLEDO, Ohio Twenty people were arrested Wednesday following an early morning takedown operation surrounding a drug trafficking conspiracy in Toledo.
Twenty-four people were named in the multi-count indictment and are accused of using a communications facility to distribute cocaine, cocaine base and fentanyl.
According to the indictment, from Dec. 2019 through the time of their arrest, the suspects are accused of conspiring together to distribute large amounts of fentanyl, crack cocaine and at least five kilograms of cocaine in the Toledo area.
The conspirators allegedly used multiple cell phones and code words to conceal their activity and various homes in the area to store, break down, package and distribute their narcotics and proceeds.