Cocaine nets 14-year term

The Baltimore Sun

A federal judge sentenced a 27-year-old Cecil County man yesterday to serve 14 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the Winding Brook community of Elkton.

U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Dequan Sibhe Copeland, who earlier pleaded guilty to the charge.

According to court documents filed by prosecutors, Copeland and several others were videotaped between January 2004 and April 2006 as they sold illegal drugs. Agents also listened in on telephone calls during which Copeland arranged for the purchase, distribution or payment of up to 15 kilograms of cocaine and 1.5 kilograms or more of crack cocaine, prosecutors said.

The conviction of Copeland and two of his co-defendants, prosecutors said, is the culmination of an investigation by the Cecil County Drug Task Force of local, state and federal law enforcement agents.

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