Drug cases yield guilty pleas

kAmp (6DE ':C8:?:2 >2? H9@ :8?@C65 AC@32E:@? CF=6D :? u=@J5 2?5 $>JE9 4@F?E:6D 2D H6== 2D :? 9:D 9@>6 DE2E6[ H2D @C56C65 E@ D6CG6 E96 C6>2:?:?8 E:>6 @7 9:D u=@J5 D6?E6?46 =2DE H66<]k^Am

kAmrC2:8 $92??@? $>:E9’D @C:8:?2= 7:G6\J62C D6?E6?46 :? u=@J5 H2D 92?565 5@H? :? a_`c 7@C HC:E:?8 2 325 4964<] %9C66 J62CD 2?5 ?:?6 >@?E9D H6C6 DFDA6?565 2E E96 4@?G:4E:@?[ 2?5 $>:E9 H2D D6?E 324< E@ AC:D@? 7@C D:I >@?E9D 7@C AC@32E:@? G:@=2E:@?D :? a_a_]k^Am

kAm“*@F 92G6 2 AC@3=6> H:E9 AC@32E:@?[” r:C4F:E yF586 |:<6 u=66?@C D2:5 E@ $>:E9 @? yF?6 a_ 2D 96 D6?E6?465 9:> E@ E96 C6>2:?:?8 J62C 2?5 7@FC >@?E9D]k^Am

kAmr@>>@?H62=E9’D pEE@C?6J tC:4 qC2?D4@> D2:5 $>:E9 =67E ':C8:?:2[ 2 G:@=2E:@? @7 E96 7:CDE AC@32E:@?] w6 H2D E96? 2CC6DE65 :? $>JE9 r@F?EJ @? 2 5@>6DE:4 23FD6 492C86[ 2 G:@=2E:@? @7 9:D (6DE ':C8:?:2 AC@32E:@?]k^Am

kAm“%96 CF=6D 5:5 ?@E 2AA=J E@ 9:>[” qC2?D4@> D2:5] “w6 5:5 H92E6G6C 96 H2?E65 2?5 H6?E 2?JH96C6 96 A=62D65[ 6G6? H96? E96 CF=6D D2:5 96 4@F=5 ?@E 5@ D@]”k^Am

kAm%C@F3=6 H:E9 AC@32E:@? 2?5 sCF8 r@FCE E9C62E6?65 E@ 56C2:= @?6 u=@J5 >2?’D AC@8C6DD E@ C64@G6C 3FE DFAA@CE 3J 9:D 72>:=J :? E96 82==6CJ @7 E96 4@FCEC@@> %F6D52J =65 yF586 u=66?@C 8:G6 9:> 2?@E96C 492?46]k^Am

kAm“sCF8 r@FCE 9:D ?@E DFAA@D65 E@ 36 62DJ[” qC2?D4@> D2:5] “%9:D H:== 36 2 =2DE 492?46]”k^Am

kAmx? @E96C 42D6D[ 962C5 yF?6 a_ik^Am

kAmp?5C6H uC2?4:D #@D6[ aa[ @7 #:?6C A=62565 8F:=EJ E@ A@DD6DD:@? @7 >6E92>A96E2>:?6[ 2?5 yF586 u=66?@C D6?E 9:> E@ ;2:= 7@C EH@ >@?E9D H:E9 2 J62C 2?5 `_ >@?E9D C6>2:?:?8 @? AC@32E:@?]k^Am

kAm%23:E92 |2C:6 %9@>2D[ ah[ A=62565 8F:=EJ E@ A@DD6DD:@? @7 >6E92>A96E2>:?6 2?5 4@?EC:3FE:?8 E@ E96 56=:?BF6?4J @7 2 49:=5] %96 ;F586 82G6 96C 2 EH@\J62C DFDA6?565 AC:D@? D6?E6?46 @? E96 5CF8 492C86 2?5 D:I >@?E9D @? E96 56=:?BF6?4J]k^Am