News
Release
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June
25, 2010
Contact: SA Waldo Santiago
Public Information Officer
Number: (787) 277-4700
Five
Individuals from St. Thomas, VI Indicted
on Drug Trafficking Charges Pursuant to
DEA Investigation
JUN
25 -- (St. Thomas, USVI) - Drug
Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge
Javier F. Pena, and United States Attorney
Ronald W. Sharpe, District of the Virgin
Islands, announced today that John Lindquist,
Monique John, Felicien Gumbs, Troy Willock
and Curtis Subdhan were indicted on federal
drug trafficking charges by a federal grand
jury yesterday.
On
June 24, 2010, a federal grand jury returned
five separate indictments each charging the
defendants with drug trafficking offenses.
The indictments allege that on or about June
2009 to June 2010, the defendants possessed
varying amounts of crack cocaine, usually
in excess of 50 grams, with the intent to
distribute within 1,000 feet of various schools
and playgrounds on St. Thomas. Curtis Subdhan
is also charged with possession of a firearm
in furtherance of federal drug trafficking
crimes and threatening a witness, both of
which occurred on June 19, 2010.
The
defendants appeared before the Honorable
Ruth Miller, United States Magistrate Judge
who remanded them to the custody of the U.S.
Marshal pending a detention hearing. Each
defendant was scheduled to appear in court
on June 30, 2010, when the United States
will seek detention pending trial for each
defendant.
If
convicted of distributing 50 grams or more
of crack cocaine, a defendant faces a sentence
of imprisonment of not less than 10 years
or more than life and a fine not to exceed
$4,000,000. If Subdhan is convicted of possessing
a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking
crimes, he faces a term of imprisonment of
not less than five years in addition to the
punishment for the drug trafficking crime.
A sentence for threatening a witness with
the use of physical force carries a maximum
sentence of 20 years imprisonment.
An
indictment is merely a formal charging document
and is not evidence of guilt. Every defendant
is presumed innocent until and unless found
guilty.
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