Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Cocaine Base, Reports U.S. Attorney
20 March 2006 A Springfield man was convicted today in federal court of distribution of cocaine base and conspiracy to distribute cocaine base.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Kenneth Kaiser, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in New England, Edward A. Flynn, Springfield Police Commissioner, and Colonel Thomas Flaherty of the Massachusetts State Police, announced today that ABUSHANTE JENNINGS, age 26, of 138 Rollins Street in Springfield, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Ponsor to two counts of distribution of cocaine base in the form of crack cocaine.
At today's plea hearing, the prosecutor told the Court that had the case proceeded to trial the Government's evidence would have proven that JENNINGS sold crack cocaine to an FBI cooperating witness on July 28 and August 22, 2005.
Judge Ponsor scheduled sentencing for June 12, 2006. JENNINGS faces a five year minimum term and up to 40 years imprisonment, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release, and a $1 million dollar fine.
The case was investigated by the FBI Western Massachusetts Gang Task Force which is comprised of FBI agents, Springfield Police officers, and Massachusetts State Police troopers. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Hart Smyth of Sullivan's Springfield Branch Office Unit.
Source: prnewswire
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