A man who was part of a large round up of alleged drug dealers in February of this year was sentenced last week in federal court after he plead guilty to two charges. On December 19, 2014, Alan Graves, 46 of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced in U.S. Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in Toledo for his role as the leader of an interstate drug trafficking organization.
Graves pled guilty on 2 counts on August 21, 2014.
“Operation Big House” resulted in a 72-count indictment against 19 individuals for operating an interstate drug trafficking ring selling narcotics in the Marion area. The investigation discovered two-year conspiracy in which heroin, crack cocaine, Percocet, Ritalin, Xanax, and Vicodin were brought from Detroit and Fort Wayne, Indiana to Marion where the drugs were sold to dozens of people, including juveniles.
Judge Jack Zouhary sentenced Graves to 200 months incarceration for drug trafficking and 60 months for a firearm charge to be served consecutively.
“Prior to this case, out of town traffickers really had no fear of repercussions as far as what would take place here in Marion. So we wanted to go to that next step, to the federal level,” said Marion Police Chief Bill Collins. “These people are certainly looking at more time than they ever would have looked at locally here.”
“We hope to continue working our federal partners to aggressively target dangerous drug traffickers,” said Marion County Sheriff Tim Bailey. “Marion County has had 19 heroin overdose deaths so far in 2014 and putting traffickers behind bars is one part of the solution to this very serious problem.”
The MARMET/METRICH Drug Task Force issued thanks to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and their partners in the METRICH Drug Task Force for their assistance in this case.
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