Feb.10, 2010, 3:25 pm ICT, Source: BNO News
Two brothers from Cedar Rapids, Iowa were sentenced to federal prison on Tuesday for crack cocaine distribution and money laundering, prosecutors said.
Patice Levell Bolden, 27, was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison while his brother, George Corbett, 22, was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. Both men pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine base and conspiring to commit money laundering on July 2009.
The brothers are members of a long-running Cedar Rapids cocaine distribution operation. Between 2003 and 2008, they distributed cocaine in the Cedar Rapids area. Bolden distributed 4.5 kilograms of cocaine and his brother between 500 grams and 1.5 kilograms. In addition, they both possessed a firearm connected to the drug offense.
Bolden and Corbett made arrangements to transfer their drug sales proceeds to Illinois committing money laundering in the process. Their prison sentences will be followed by five years of supervised release.