Manchester Man Pleads to Crack and Firearms Offenses

CONCORD, NH—United States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that Odlyn Larmond, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pled guilty yesterday before United States District Court Magistrate Judge James Muirhead to distribution of cocaine base (“crack”), possession with the intention of distributing cocaine base (“crack”), and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

The distribution of cocaine base (“crack”) and possessing cocaine base (“crack”) with the intention of distributing it constitutes a violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1), and is punishable by a twenty (20) year term of imprisonment. Possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime is a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(C), and is punishable by a term of imprisonment which may not be less than five years nor more than life.

The investigation of Odlyn Larmond was conducted by members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Gang Task Force, members of the Special Investigations Unit of the Manchester, New Hampshire Police Department, and members of the Narcotics Investigation Unit of the New Hampshire State Police. The Safe Streets Gang Task Force initiative, part of the FBI's Violent Crimes and Major Offenders Program, was created to encourage coordinated crime fighting efforts among FBI field offices and our local law enforcement partners. The mission of the Safe Streets Gang Task Force is to effectively utilize task forces to investigate, locate, arrest, and prosecute subjects for serious federal and state crimes.

The successful blending of local and federal law enforcement resources and manpower have resulted in a well-coordinated investigative and prosecutive approach to convict and incarcerate dangerous offenders. Nationally, over 140 Safe Streets Gang Task Forces are currently in existence. The U.S. Attorney’s Office received official approval of the formation of a Safe Streets Gang Task Force as part of the District of New Hampshire’s Project Safe Neighborhoods/Operation G.R.I.P. program in November 2007. The Safe Streets Gang Task Force is jointly funded by the FBI and the New England High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.