Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced
that Murville Lavelle Lampkin, 45, of Anchorage, was sentenced on July 10,
2018, to serve 20 years in prison, followed by a 10-year term of supervised
release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, possession
with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of heroin, and
money laundering.
A jury found Lampkin guilty after an 8-day trial on Nov. 1,
2016 before U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason. According to evidence presented at trial,
Lampkin was a member of a conspiracy led by Toa Danh “Tony” Ly. In the spring of 2014, Ly and others began to
distribute marijuana and methamphetamine in Anchorage, the Valley, and Kenai
Peninsula. Ly later included heroin
among the items he distributed. Proceeds
from these drug sales were deposited in Wells Fargo bank accounts. Other
individuals who sold drugs and made deposits of drug money for Ly included Pao
Lee, Rennie Davis, Robert Rast, Tracey Trujillo, Mark Hanes and Susan
Bradshaw. In total, Lampkin deposited
$57,000 worth of drug proceeds into Wells Fargo bank accounts controlled by Ly.
On Jan. 14, 2015, law enforcement executed search warrants
at multiple locations connected to the conspiracy. In a locked safe at the foot of Lampkin’s
bed, law enforcement located approximately 400 grams of methamphetamine
packaged into 15 individual Ziploc baggies.
Also in the safe were smaller baggies into which doses of drugs could be
packaged, and a digital scale used to measure drug quantities.
This was Lampkin’s third drug conviction. In 2002, Lampkin pled guilty in federal court
to distribution and possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. While in custody, Lampkin was convicted in
Alaska state court of promoting contraband in the first degree for possessing
oxycodone and tetrahydrocannabinol.
Lampkin was the former bouncer at Rumrunners Old Towne Bar
& Grill. In 2012, he was convicted
in state court of fourth degree assault following a fight with a patron. Lampkin was sentenced in that case to two
months in jail and two years of probation.
The status of other defendants indicted as part of this case
is as follows:
Toa Danh “Tony” Ly
was sentenced in December 2016 to serve five years in prison, followed by five
years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances,
and money laundering conspiracy;
Renee Marie Davis
was sentenced in January 2016 to serve six years in prison, followed by five
years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute controlled
substances;
Adam Michael
Cornelison was sentenced in February
2016 to serve five years in prison for use of a firearm in furtherance of a
drug trafficking offense;
Robert Lee Rast
was sentenced in January 2017 to serve 40 months in prison, followed by five
years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute controlled
substances;
Kasey Martinez was
sentenced in July 2016 to serve 40 months in prison, followed by three years of
supervised release, for money laundering conspiracy;
Pao Lee was
sentenced in January 2017 to serve 35 months in prison, followed by five years
of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and
distribution of controlled substances;
Tracey Trujillo
was sentenced in January 2017 to serve 13 months and 15 days in prison,
followed by three years of supervised release, for money laundering conspiracy;
Mark Norman Hanes
and Susan Jan Bradshaw are scheduled for trial on Sept. 24, 2018.
The case was the product of an investigation by the FBI’s
Safe Streets Task Force, an FBI-led task force comprised of FBI Special Agents,
Anchorage Police Department officers, Alaska State Troopers, and the United
States Marshals. Assistance was also
provided by IRS Criminal Investigation; APD’s Special Assignment Unit (SAU);
and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Reardon.
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