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Oak Park Man Enters Guilty Plea to Crack Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

U.S. Attorney’s Office February 11, 2011
  • Eastern District of California (916) 554-2700

SACRAMENTO, CA—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Edward Mallory, 45, of Sacramento, entered guilty pleas today to two counts of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and two counts of possessing crack cocaine for distribution. The plea agreement calls for an agreed-upon sentence of 24 years and four months in federal prison.

This case is the product of an extensive investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI’s Sacramento Safe Streets Task Force. Assistant United States Attorney Jason Hitt is prosecuting the case.

Mallory admitted in his guilty plea the following facts:

Between January 1, 2004, and January 18, 2005, Mallory supplied large quantities of crack cocaine to a female drug trafficker in and around Sacramento. DEA made controlled purchases of crack cocaine from the female drug trafficker on six occasions. Mallory admitted that he provided the female drug dealer with crack cocaine on credit during each of the controlled purchases.

Between August 1, 2002, and May 17, 2007, Mallory supplied large quantities of crack cocaine to a second Sacramento-based drug trafficker. The FBI made three controlled purchases from this dealer female drug dealer and Mallory admitted that he was the one who provided the crack cocaine.

Sentencing for Mallory is set for April 29, 2011, before Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Garcia.

This case was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The OCDETF Program was established in 1982 to conduct comprehensive, multi-level attacks on major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and those primarily responsible for the nation’s drug supply.

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