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Three Years For Four Ounces
posted (January 3, 2013)
And while that man will spend 3 ½ years in prison, 52 year-old year-old Michael Avilez will spend 3 years for drug trafficking. According to police, they busted the Ladyville Resident on August 14, 2012 with 114 grams - or 4.02 ounces - of marijuana which was inside his pocket.

The officers searched him on Central American Boulevard and charged him with drug trafficking. He was arraigned in August where he initially pleaded not guilty and was granted bail.

Today was scheduled for the start of his trial, but he changed his plea before Chief Magistrate Anne Marie Smith. As a result, he was sentenced to spend 3 years in prison.

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