For Drug and Gun charges
FORT WAYNE - Derrick L. Thomas, 44, of Douglasville, Georgia, was sentenced before Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann on his plea of guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
Thomas was sentenced to 228 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release.
According to documents in this case, between Nov. 13, 2013, and Feb. 12, 2014, Thomas conspired with his named codefendants to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, namely 5 kilograms or more of cocaine. Further, on Feb. 12, 2014, Thomas possessed a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking crime.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, with the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration as well as the Warsaw Police Department, the Fort Wayne Police Department and the IMAGE Drug Task Force. This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Geller.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
