Six Individuals Sentenced on Drug Charges
From: US Attorney 1/19/12 GCN
Hattiesburg, Miss - Six individuals were sentenced on drug
charges today by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, U.S. John Dowdy
announced.
Segsie Lee Magee, a/k/a “What Not”, 36, of Mt. Olive,
was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison followed by four years of
supervised release, and ordered to pay a $3, 000 fine for conspiracy to
possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Louis R. Mickell, Jr., 49, of Magee was sentenced to 57
months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release,
and ordered to pay a $3,000 fine for conspiracy to possess with intent
to distribute methamphetamine.
Walter D. Price, 40, of Collins, was sentenced to 121
months in federal prison followed by six years of supervised release,
and ordered to pay a $3,000 fine for conspiracy to possess with intent
to distribute methamphetamine.
Reginald Oneil Posey, 37, of Mt. Olive, was sentenced to
46 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised
release, and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine for conspiracy to possess with
intent to distribute methamphetamine.
These four defendants were charged following an
investigation dubbed “Operation Speed Trap”which was an extensive
operation involving the distribution of methamphetamine in the Covington
County area. The agencies involved in the operation were the Mississippi
Bureau of Narcotics, Covington County Sheriff’s Office, the Drug
Enforcement Administration, HIDTA and the United States Attorney’s
Office Southern District of Mississippi.
Two more defendants were sentenced today as part of
another investigation which involved kilograms of cocaine being shipped
through the U.S. Mails from California to Mississippi for distribution:
Lenzy Benton, 56, of Gautier, was sentenced to 63 months
in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release, and
ordered to pay a $3,000 fine for conspiracy to possess with intent to
distribute cocaine.
Errunta Travelle Johnson, 42, of Corona, California, was
sentenced to 120 months in federal prison followed by five years of
supervised release, and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for conspiracy to
ossess with intent to distribute cocaine.
The agencies involved in this investigation were the
U.S. Postal Service Postal Inspectors, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics,
the Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation
