Man gets life for cocaine distribution

[chillinwill]

From: http://www.delcotimes.com/site/news....id=18171&rfi=6

September 29, 2008 - delcotimes.com
- CINDY SCHARR

PHILADELPHIA - An Upland man has been sentenced to life behind bars for his part in the distribution of more than five kilograms of cocaine in Delaware County.
Tyrone S. Trader, of Main Street, was sentenced Monday to life in prison by U.S. District Judge Jan E. DuBois.

Trader, who has two prior drug trafficking convictions, is the first of nine defendants to be sentenced.

Trader sold cocaine in a Toby Farms neighborhood in Chester Township, directly across from an elementary school.

"One message of this drug trafficking case is that selling drugs in the area of an elementary school will not be tolerated," said Delaware County District Attorney G. Michael Green. "Those who engage in this behavior will be held accountable. Most importantly, drug traffickers will not be permitted (to) degrade our neighborhoods and terrorize our law- abiding citizens."

In 2005, a federal grand jury issued a 53-count indictment charging the nine defendants with conspiring to distribute between five and 15 kilograms of cocaine in Delaware County.

The indictment alleged that from July 2003 through October 2004, Tyrone Smith, of Burton Avenue, Sharon Hill, and William Green, of Youngs Avenue, Sharon Hill, supplied several men with cocaine that was then sold at various locations in the county, including Aston, Brookhaven, Chester and Ridley Township.

Also currently awaiting trial in federal court are: Louis Stillis of New Castle, Del.; Sherron Moore, of Main Street, Upland; Jamal Rideout, of Elson Road, Chester Township; Richard Robinson, of Powell Road, Chester Township; Larry Davis, of Woodworth Road, Brookhaven; and Kenneth Wilson of New Castle, Del.

The drug trafficking case was the result of an undercover investigation conducted by the Pennsylvania State Police and the DEA.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Katayoun Copeland, who is a deputy District Attorney in Delaware County, prosecuted the case.

[Beeker]

Not really news but very sad. People get life all the time in Texas for large distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin.

What I did notice in this article that is worth discussing is the school zone. They like to mention school zones but what they really should be reporting is being near government property.

I was in jail with a poor guy who lived in a house next to a city park. He had five pot plants and got busted when he threw a party that got out of hand. There is a mandatory minimum of 5 years for any drug manufacture activity 100 yards from government owned land or property. Something to consider if you are looking to buy a house in America.

[Panthers007]

Let's not forget that a new one crept in while America was sleeping: 1,000 feet of a church. That's right - you're trying to corrupt God herself. Now try to analyze where/how this got in there. Are they saying that a church is the same thing as a school? Are they saying that kids MIGHT be going to the church? Or, and this is my personal favorite: People who attend a church are, by default, so damn stupid that they will fall easy prey (hehehehe) to the wily dope-pusher? More so than normal adults?

[porchy]

Originally Posted by Panthers007

Let's not forget that a new one crept in while America was sleeping: 1,000 feet of a church. That's right - you're trying to corrupt God herself. Now try to analyze where/how this got in there. Are they saying that a church is the same thing as a school? Are they saying that kids MIGHT be going to the church? Or, and this is my personal favorite: People who attend a church are, by default, so damn stupid that they will fall easy prey (hehehehe) to the wily dope-pusher? More so than normal adults?

Hehe I like that, and despise it at the same time!

[Heretic.Ape.]

I'd like to see a map of a city with the relevant areas surrounding schools, gov property and churches all marked; I wonder how much area they're still working on an excuse for.

[FuBai]

The whole school zone thing is meaningless unless it is selling at the point of use. No school child is going to be able to afford such large ammounts of any drug, and the children are only affected if they are at real risk of being sold to or being caught up in drug related violence/criminality, and with large and sophisticated traffiking opperations the chance of school kids being caught up is minimal, especially as, in this case, were are talking about an elimentary school.