Virginia man distributing over ½ million dollars of cocaine, found and sentenced to prison
RICHMOND, Va. – A Hopewell man was sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
According to court documents, Lorenzo Coleman, 41, was the leader and organizer of a multi-defendant drug trafficking ring that distributed cocaine in Hopewell and the surrounding areas. Coleman admitted that between 2013 and 2015, he conspired to distribute nearly 15 kilograms of cocaine, an amount worth over $525,000 on the streets of Virginia.
Coleman fled Virginia in July 2017, but was located by the U.S. Marshals Service last June and returned to Virginia. As part of his plea, Coleman has agreed to forfeit the sum of $500,000, which represents the proceeds of the crime to which he has pleaded guilty.
Jesse R. Fong, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Washington Field Division; G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Field Office; and Colonel John F. Keohane, Chief of Hopewell Police Department, made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson. Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela Mastandrea-Miller prosecuted the case.
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