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Date: 01-10-2018
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United States of America v. Robert M. Purinton
District of Kansas Federal Courthouse - Kansas City, Kansas
Case Number: 2:17-cr-20041-CM
Judge: Carlos Murguia
Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: James Ward
Defendant's Attorney: Tom Bath and Robin Fowler
Description: Kansas City, KS - Mailman Sentenced For Delivering Marijuana
A former postal worker in Johnson County was sentenced on January 9, 2917=8 to five years on federal probation for smuggling marijuana through the mail.
Terrell Dewayne Shears, 25, Overland Park, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. In his plea, he admitted he gave addresses on his route to marijuana traffickers in Arizona. The traffickers mailed parcels containing marijuana to addresses on his route and Shears intercepted the packages. Shears dropped the packages off at an apartment building where he had been instructed to leave them and texted a recipient he knew only as “John” to pick them up.
Investigators seized more than 40 pounds of marijuana from his postal vehicle.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Service.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to five years in prison.
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