{"id":58650,"date":"2025-03-28T17:54:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T00:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58650"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T00:56:14","slug":"58650","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58650","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"290\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1867 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ATF-BADGE-217x300.png\" alt=\"Federal Judge Harshly Criticizes ATF's Sting Operations; Dismisses a Criminal Indictment\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ATF-BADGE-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ATF-BADGE.png 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/>A Memphis man was sentenced Friday to over seven years in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy tied to a local gang, federal officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"515\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Courtney Davis, 28, also known as \u201cGeo\u201d and \u201cGeo Grape,\u201d conspired with co-defendant Brian Lackland, aka \u201cStupid Duke\u201d and \u201cHomework,\u201d and others to distribute the drugs as part of a network connected to the Young Mob gang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"517\" data-end=\"762\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Beginning in March 2024, federal agents used wiretaps to intercept Davis discussing the sale of fentanyl pills\u2014known as \u201cblues\u201d\u2014and meth. Prosecutors said Davis was responsible for distributing about 90 grams of fentanyl and 1,360 grams of meth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"882\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Davis, one of 18 defendants charged in the ongoing probe, pleaded guilty in December and is the first to be sentenced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"959\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">The case was investigated by the ATF and the Memphis Multiagency Gang Unit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Trial Attorneys Brian P. Leaming and Amanda Kotula of the Criminal Division\u2019s Violent Crime and Racketeering Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney P. 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