Tampa, Florida – US District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Ahmad Rashad Weston, aka “Blood”, (42, St. Petersburg) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of a drug mixture, that contains heroin and fentanyl, and 500 grams or more of cocaine.
Weston pleaded guilty on May 19, 2020.
According to court documents and evidence presented at his conviction hearing, Weston served as the hub of a drug trafficking conspiracy that operated in the greater Tampa Bay area between at least August 2018 and November 2019. Law enforcement began the investigation with 17 undercover investigations. immediate heroin purchases from co-defendant Quincy Turner. Further investigation revealed that Weston, who had spent more than five years in jail for a previous drug crime conviction, was Turner’s supplier. Between July and October 2019, law enforcement intercepted calls and text messages from Weston’s cell phone and found that Weston was responsible for distributing over 18 kilograms of cocaine, over 161 grams of heroin, and over 89 grams of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues during those three months -Month period. Ultimately, the Weston investigation resulted in 11 other defendants being charged with federal drug trafficking crimes.
These cases were investigated by an interagency task force through the Organized Crime Drugs Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the top criminal organizations threatening the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence, inter-agency approach. More information about the OCDETF program can be found at www.justice.gov/OCDETF. The agencies involved in this OCDETF operation include the Drug Control Agency, the St. Petersburg Police Department, the Federal Investigation Office, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It is being prosecuted by US Assistant Attorney Michael M. Gordon.
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