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Silk Road Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty After Federal Sting

Posted by timothy on from the today's-oxymoron-is-consensual-crime dept.

Ars Technica reports that A 26-year-old Columbus, Ohio man has pleaded guilty to selling drugs through the Silk Road website. David Lawrence Handel apparently obtained methylone and other drugs from a supplier in China, which he then sold to buyers on the online black market. Among those buyers were Maryland federal agents, who were making undercover purchases. Handel shipped the drugs to them through the US Postal Service, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. ... Handel faces up to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking and up to life for using and possessing a firearm. His sentencing is scheduled for May 15.

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  1. uh... by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Handel faces up to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking and up to life for using and possessing a firearm.

    No. For using and possessing a firearm in the commission of a crime. Using and possessing a firearm is not itself a crime.

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