Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Man Pleads Guilty In Marijuana Conspiracy
WEST VIRGINIA....
A sweeping marijuana conspiracy investigation which has netted 15 arrests since July in states from Nevada to West Virginia landed its first conviction Monday when Mark Chappelear, also known as "Chappy," of Zanesville, Ohio, admitted to trafficking more than a ton of marijuana between 2007 and September 2009. Chappelear and Charleston defense attorney Tim C. Carrico, appeared before U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers where Chappelear signed a stipulation of facts agreeing that he helped Jacob Dodson, also of Zanesville, on at least 15 occasions. Investigators say a Mexican drug trafficking organization pumped massive amounts of marijuana through central Ohio and into the Tri-State between summer 2002 to May 19, 2010. The indictment outlined a nearly eight-year, $10 million marijuana conspiracy that later court documents show extended into Mexico.
A sweeping marijuana conspiracy investigation which has netted 15 arrests since July in states from Nevada to West Virginia landed its first conviction Monday when Mark Chappelear, also known as "Chappy," of Zanesville, Ohio, admitted to trafficking more than a ton of marijuana between 2007 and September 2009. Chappelear and Charleston defense attorney Tim C. Carrico, appeared before U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers where Chappelear signed a stipulation of facts agreeing that he helped Jacob Dodson, also of Zanesville, on at least 15 occasions. Investigators say a Mexican drug trafficking organization pumped massive amounts of marijuana through central Ohio and into the Tri-State between summer 2002 to May 19, 2010. The indictment outlined a nearly eight-year, $10 million marijuana conspiracy that later court documents show extended into Mexico.# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:42 PM 
