Article: INFORMATION ISSUED BY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA ON JUNE 8: CEDAR RAPIDS MAN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SELLING CRACK NEAR SCHOOL

The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following press release:

United States Attorney Matt M. Dummermuth announced today that a man who sold crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school in Cedar Rapids was sentenced June 7, 2007, to nine years in federal prison.

AARON DARRELL SAMPSON, age 22, from Cedar Rapids received the prison term after a guilty plea on March 1, 2007, to one count of distribution of more than 5 grams of crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school.

In a plea agreement, SAMPSON admitted he distributed the crack cocaine on December 12, 2006. The sale occurred within 1,000 feet of Hoover Elementary School in ...

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