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Michigan Drug 'Mule' Gets 3 Years on 90th Birthday

May 7th 2014
Leo Sharp walks toward U.S. District Court before his scheduled sentencing, on May 7 in Detroit. The Indiana man, who turned 90 on Wednesday, was convicted of hauling more than a ton of cocaine to Michigan for drug dealers.
May 7th 2014
A World War II veteran was sentenced to three years in federal prison on Wednesday — his 90th birthday — for working as a Mexican cartel's drug mule.
Leo Sharp was hauling 104 bricks of cocaine (over 200 pounds) on a highway near Chelsea, Mich., when he was pulled over in 2011 for an illegal lane change.
According to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit, he had been running cocaine and other drugs as early as 2009, when he was just 86.
He also hauled duffle bags stuffed with cash back to the southwest border of the United States for the criminal organization that was part of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, prosecutors said.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-drug-mule-leo-sharp-gets-3-years-90th-birthday-n99826


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90-year-old drug courier sentenced to three years calls it 'death sentence'

Leo Sharp (Booking photo)
[ http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/05/07/90-year-old-drug-mule-sentenced-to-3-years-for-part-in-major-drug-scheme/ ]
May 7, 2014
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Sharp made seven trips to Detroit and delivered more than 1,200 kilograms of cocaine, prosecutors said. In return, Sharp was paid about $1.25 million.
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http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140507/METRO01/305070053 [with comments]


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