Hello Everyone,
Evelyn here,
Nineteen year-old sentenced to 4 years for trafficking in cocaine, Ecstasy and Xanax a drug generally prescribed for anxiety disorders. Please read the following Attorney General news release.
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Bill McCollum
Attorney General
News Release
October 24, 2007
Naples Teen Gets Four Years for Trafficking Cocaine, Ecstasy, Xanax
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Collier County man was sentenced as a youthful offender to four years in prison to be followed by two years of probation after pleading guilty earlier this year to multiple drug charges. Nineteen-year-old Joseph Paul Pelletier was arrested after selling cocaine, Ecstasy and Xanax to undercover law enforcement investigators. He was prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office of Statewide prosecution.
"We will continue to work with law enforcement throughout the state to ensure that drug traffickers are taken off our streets and out of our communities,” said Attorney General McCollum.
Pelletier, of Naples, was arrested in February during the fourth in a series of controlled buys conducted by the Lee County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit. Law enforcement agents, working through a confidential source, arranged to meet with Pelletier and purchase various quantities of cocaine, Ecstasy and Xanax. Pelletier purchased the drugs in Hialeah, then returned to a prearranged location in Bonita Springs to sell the drugs to the undercover officer.
Over a period of several weeks, the agents purchased more than five ounces of cocaine, 23 Ecstasy pills, and 50 Xanax pills from Pelletier. The value of the narcotics was estimated at more than $5,500. At the time of his arrest, Pelletier was in possession of at least three ounces of cocaine, which was seized by the authorities.
"We see the serious consequences of abused drugs and illegally obtained prescription medications every day," said Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott. "I want drug dealers on all levels to see this case as a prime example of the serious consequences they face as we team up to enforce and prosecute them."
Pelletier pled guilty in March to three counts of trafficking more than 28 grams of cocaine, two counts of sale or delivery of Ecstasy and one count of the sale or delivery of Xanax. Today's sentence was handed down by Judge Thomas S. Reese of the 20th Judicial Circuit Court.
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Evelyn out.
