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Dayton man sentenced to federal prison for cocaine conspiracy
DAYTON — A Dayton man was sentenced Friday to 180 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy that brought cocaine from Mexico and Georgia and distributed it in the Miami Valley.
Calilin Jemiz Grant, 33, pleaded guilty on September 21 to one count of conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. He appeared before U.S District Judge Thomas M. Rose.
The Drug Enforcement Administration began investigating the cocaine distribution network in 2007 and identified Grant after he was observed meeting with other members of the conspiracy, according to Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
Further investigation found that Grant used approximately $500,000 of the proceeds of the drug trafficking to obtain jewelry and motor vehicles between 2006 and 2009, Stewart said.
Rose ordered Grant to forfeit a luxury SUV he purchased with drug proceeds.
A federal grand jury indicted Grant and six co-defendants in July 2010. — Cruz Jesus Mendez-Fuerte and Armando Guia-Mendez are at large. — Adan Bautista-Morales was sentenced to 42 months in prison. — Jose Manuel Guia-Mendez was sentenced to 60 months in prison. — Jesus Sanchez-Ramirez was sentenced to 38 months in prison. — Jesus Garcia-Arias was sentenced to 48 months in prison.
“This investigation led to disruption of an entire distribution network,” Stewart said.
In April 2009, Grant was acquitted of raping and kidnapping a former University of Dayton student after a week-long trial. The defense contended that Grant and the woman had consensual sex. A relative of Grant’s testified that the victim entered his house on her own and agreed to sex with Grant.
A prosecution witness, Annette Davis from the Miami Valley Regional Crime Lab, testified that DNA from a rape kit matched a sample from Grant obtained in 2008. It was not specified how the sample was obtained, but the woman testified that she identified Grant from a photo lineup.
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