Five Dothan men recently received prison sentences in federal court, including one man who received nearly 12 years, for their involvement in a cocaine distribution conspiracy.
According to Clark Morris, a spokesperson with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, five of the six people charged by the federal government as part of the conspiracy were sentenced earlier this week to sentences ranging from just over two years to just under 12 years in prison.
Records indicate the six Wiregrass residents already pleaded guilty to conspiring with each other to possess with the intent to distribute 10 ounces or more of crack cocaine and 17.6 ounces of powder cocaine in Houston County from 2007 to January 2011.
Morris said Joseph Roscell Richardson received a 135-month sentence, or just under 12 years in prison. She also said Reginald Bush received 90 months, or about seven and a half years in prison. While Rasheed D. Johnson received 70 months, or just under six years in prison.
Terrence Roscell Bivens received a sentence of just over three years in prison. Josef Renolda McNealy received just over two years in prison.
Morris said the sixth defendant, Quincy B. Jones, also known as “Q-Pac,” who was the last of the people to plead guilty, will be sentenced at a later undetermined date.
Bush was also charged with laundering drug proceeds, but records indicate that charge was dropped at his sentencing hearing.
According to information released from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the drug investigation involved a group of men who called themselves the “West Side Boys.”
According to the indictment, authorities seized more than $10,500 in cash and a 2007 Cadillac Escalade from Bush on Sept. 30 as part of the investigation. The indictment also said authorities seized an additional $45,945 in cash during the investigation.
The arrests came in January 2011 as a result of a joint investigation between the FBI, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Dothan Police Department and Houston County Sheriff’s Office.
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