Youngstown Resident Charged with Distributing Crack Cocaine

Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland, Ohio, returned a two-count indictment charging Daquann R. Hackett, age 19, of Youngstown, Ohio, with federal narcotics violations.

Counts 1 and 2 of the indictment charge Hackett with two separate and distinct acts in which Hackett distributed greater than five grams of cocaine base (crack cocaine) in Youngstown, Ohio.

If convicted, the defendant’s sentence will be determined by the Court after review of factors unique to this case, including the defendant’s prior criminal record, if any, the defendant’s role in the offenses and the unique characteristics of the violations. In all cases, the sentence will not exceed the statutory maximum and in most cases it will be less than the maximum.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert F. Corts and Daniel J. Riedl. The investigation was conducted by agents of the Youngstown Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) along with the Youngstown Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the City of Youngstown Police Department.

An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government's burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.