News
Release
FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
May 31, 2007
Contact: Steve Hooten
206 553-1155
Federal
Jury
Finds
Anchorage
Man
Guilty
Of Drug
Conspiracy,
Attempted Possession
of Cocaine and
Maintaining a
Drug House
MAY
31 --
(SEATTLE) – The
DEA’s
Seattle
Field
Division
announced
that
after
deliberating
for
five
hours,
a jury
of four
men
and
eight
women
found
Brando
Hall
guilty
late
last
week
of one
count
of drug
conspiracy,
one
count
of attempted
possession
of a
controlled
substance
with
intent
to distribute,
and
one
count
of maintaining
a drug
involved
premises.
Hall,
age
31,
of 1105
West
34th
Avenue,
Anchorage,
Alaska,
was
tried
before
United
States
District
Court
Judge
Timothy
M. Burgess
in Anchorage.
Evidence
presented
at trial
established
that the
Pasadena
Police
Department
intercepted
a package
being
sent to
Alaska
from California
which
contained
three
kilograms
of powder
cocaine
hidden
in the
back of
a space
heater.
Agents
with the
Drug Enforcement
Administration
in Anchorage
delivered
the package
to its
intended
address,
where
it was
accepted
by co-defendant
Rodney
Epps.
Epps then
drove
the package
to a residence
occupied
by Hall
and another
co-defendant.
After
the package
was opened,
law enforcement
officers
entered
the residence,
finding
Hall close
to the
delivered
space
heater.
A subsequent
search
of the
residence
revealed,
among
other
things,
space
heaters,
hollowed
out electronics,
drug paraphernalia,
used drug
packaging,
two SKS
rifles,
one shotgun,
ammunition,
and $9,000
in cash.
Sentencing
is set
for mid-August.
Pending
sentencing,
the court
continued
Hall’s
detention
status.
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