Battlefield man goes to prison for distributing tons of marijuana - KY3
Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Battlefield, Mo. , man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy that distributed thousands of pounds of marijuana in southwest... Jorge Torres, Jr. , 31, of Battlefield, Mo. , was sentenced by U. S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to seven years in federal prison without parole. 10, 2015, Torres pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana in Greene County, Mo. , and elsewhere from April 1, 2010, to June 19, 2013. Co-defendants Sean Bond, 39, of Republic, Mo. , and Brian D. Hanson, 30, and... Torres admitted that he distributed a total of approximately 120 pounds (54. 36 kilograms) of marijuana, which he obtained from Bond, to Jordan Hitchcock, 22, of Springfield. Bond, Hanson and Swearingin were each sentenced on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Bond, who was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison without parole, arranged for Hanson and others to pick up marijuana from individuals outside of Springfield, then... Hanson, who was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, admitted that he was responsible for transporting between 1,000 kilograms and 3,000 kilograms of marijuana into southwest Missouri. Source: www.ky3.com
