Two St. Croix Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana

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Two St. Croix Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Feb. 23, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

St. Croix, USVI - Senior District Court Judge Raymond L. Finch sentenced today Lamont Sweeney, 41, and Shawn Webster, 42, each to three years of probation, a fine of $500 and a $100 special monetary assessment, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.

Sweeney and Webster pleaded guilty on Sept. 28, 2015. According to the plea agreement filed with the court, on March 17, 2014, an individual asked Sweeney to have Webster pick up a package from the Richmond Post Office, St. Croix. Sweeney called Webster, who agreed to pick up the package. Both Sweeney and Webster knew the package contained 4,980 grams of marijuana.

This case was investigated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations with the assistance of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rhonda Williams-Henry.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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