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ALBANY, Ga. â The seventy-ninth and final defendant connected to a major methamphetamine distribution ring supplying illegal drugs across the southeastern United States was sentenced to serve 96 months in a federal prison, said Peter Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
Kim Wesley, 48, of Nashville, Georgia, was sentenced on Thursday, April 15, by U.S. District Judge Leslie Gardner to 96 months imprisonment to be followed by eight years of supervised release. Wesley previously pleaded guilty to one count distribution of methamphetamine. Wesley is one of 79 co-defendants in the 2016 Boris Fuller methamphetamine distribution wiretap investigation. All 79 defendants have been federally charged, convicted and sentenced. There is no parole in the federal system.
4 Crisp Co. businesses raided for illegal gambling One of the four businesses raided was at 1310 S. 7th St. in Cordele. (Source: Crisp County Sheriff s Office) By WALB News Team | December 31, 2020 at 9:42 AM EST - Updated December 31 at 9:42 AM
CORDELE, Ga. (WALB) - Four stores in Crisp County were raided for commercial gambling, according to the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office.
The Crisp County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Commercial Gambling Unit and the Mid-South Narcotics Task Force executed four search warrants for violations of Georiga’s gambling laws.
Three of the stores were in Cordele and one was in Arabi.