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Entire Family Arrested, Man Pleads Guilty
posted (May 21, 2014)

33 year-old Keyon Cleland is spending his first night of a 5 year sentence after he pleaded guilty to firearm and drug trafficking charges.

The Gang Suppression Unit searched his North Creek Road address this morning and he was present along with 42 year-old Daphne Grant and a 13 year-old minor. Inside the house, they found a 9 millimeter pistol, an extended magazine and 12 grams of cannabis. Due to the illegal items, they were all charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm, keep unlicensed ammunition, drug trafficking.

They were all arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith, where Cleland took the blame for the illegal items by pleading guilty. Chief Magistrate Smith sentenced him to 5 years for the firearm, 5 years for the ammunition, and $10,000 dollars for the drug trafficking offence.

If he defaults on that payment, he will spend an additional 5 years. All sentences are to run concurrently, so he will spend 5 years in prison, and that's given that he pays that hefty fine.

 Using his discretion as prosecutor, Sergeant Egbert Castillo withdrew the offences against Grant and the minor, setting them free.

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