THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, June 2, 1995 TAG: 9506020604
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Metro Briefs
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
A former member of an interstate drug gang that dealt up to $500 million in crack cocaine and killed or maimed several people along the East Coast was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Thursday after testifying in the trial of some of his former business associates.
In December, Anthony R. Wynn pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy. Before striking a deal with prosecutors, he faced a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
Wynn was one of several gang members who testified at the trial of eight alleged gang members in late April and early May. Six members of the gang were found guilty of drug conspiracy. Two alleged members were acquitted.
Prosecutors painted a picture of a cutthroat organization that dumped a half-billion dollars worth of cocaine into Hampton Roads and Richmond; a gang organized as a business, paying salaries to employees, opening retail outlets in South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington.
KEYWORDS: DRUG GANG SENTENCING COCAINE by CNB