NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced CLARENCE DONNELL GENERETTE, a/k/a “Murda," 56, of Fayetteville, NC, today. GENERETTE was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release.
On July 12, 2019, GENERETTE pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and to distribution of a quantity of cocaine.
On Jan. 24, 2018, the Fayetteville Police Department (FPD) received information from a confidential informant (CI) that GENERETTE was using his residence on Reedy Creek Drive in Fayetteville to distribute cocaine. The FPD used a CI to conduct two purchases of cocaine from GENERETTE.
On February 7, 2018, while the FPD conducted surveillance on GENERETTE, officers observed a vehicle arrive at GENERETTE’S Fayetteville residence. An individual exited the vehicle and entered the garage for a short period before leaving in his vehicle. Subsequently, the FPD conducted a vehicle stop on the vehicle that had just departed GENERETTE’S residence. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer immediately detected the odor of marijuana. The FPD utilized a K-9 unit, which gave a positive alert for the presence of contraband inside the vehicle. The FPD seized two firearms, approximately 133 grams of marijuana, four Alprazolam tablets and drug paraphernalia from the vehicle. The driver admitted that he had just purchased the marijuana from GENERETTE.
On February 8, 2018, the FPD conducted surveillance on the Reedy Creek Drive residence and observed GENERETTE leave the residence. Subsequently, officers conducted a traffic stop and GENERETTE was taken into custody and transported back to his residence. During the search of the residence, officers seized the following items from GENERETTE’S room: 14.32 grams of cocaine; 2.89 grams of marijuana; a digital scale; 1,825 plastic bags with torn corners; and several empty bottles of Inositol, a common cutting agent. Additionally, $430 in United States currency was seized.
This case is part of the United States Attorney’s Office’s Take Back North Carolina Initiative. This initiative emphasizes the regional assignment of federal prosecutors to work with law enforcement and District Attorney’s Offices on a sustained basis in those communities to reduce the violent crime rate, drug trafficking, and crimes against law enforcement. For additional information about this initiative, click here https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/tbnc.
The Fayetteville Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Scott A. Lemmon prosecuted this case for the government.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
