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Wednesday, 23 September 2015 16:38

Moody scheduled for November sentencing following plea deal

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Sterling D. Moody has taken a plea and is scheduled for sentencing in the November 10 term of federal court in Greenville, records show.

On August 10 the case against Moody, who was arrested last September in a Drug Enforcement Administration sting, was unsealed.

He also signed a waiver of indictment and entered a plea.

That plea agreement, court records show, indicates Moody will plead guilty to Count 1 against him.

The DEA charged him with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine.

Meanwhile, in entering the plea, Moody agreed to forfeit certain property belonging to, and seized from him, including real property at 1 Lee Lane in Weldon and any proceeds from its sale; currency in the amount of $139,867; one Ruger .40-caliber handgun and one Ruger .38-caliber handgun.

“The court’s jurisdiction in this matter is founded upon (statute) which provides that with respect to any person convicted of a violation punishable by imprisonment for more than one year the court, in imposing the sentence shall order that the person forfeit to the United States all property described in this subsection,” the motion for preliminary issuance of forfeiture said.

In the original criminal complaint filed in the Eastern District of United States Court, the DEA said agents and task force officers conducted several interviews of a cooperating source who, pursuant to a plea agreement with the United States Attorney's Office, had pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine.

In the interviews, the cooperating source provided information regarding an extensive drug trafficking relationship with Moody who, from 2009 to late 2013, was a multi-kilogram cocaine customer of the drug trafficking ring of which the source was a member.

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