Thursday, July 9, 2009

Cocaine kingpin dethroned for a decade

The head of a St. Johnsbury drug ring will spend the next ten years in prison. 37-year-old Oscar Santos pleaded guilty In March to cocaine conspiracy charges. Prosecutors said Santos worked with a group of people to sell large amounts of the drug over a three-year period. He was given the mandatory minimum sentence of ten years on Tuesday. Santos was the last of twelve defendants arrested in connection with the case. All of the others pleaded guilty.