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Davenport man sentenced for distributing drugs in Quad Cities area
Associated Press
Feb. 12, 2012 1:11 pm
An Iowa man who prosecutors say distributed more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana and nearly 300 pounds of cocaine will spend nearly 7 years in federal prison.
U.S. District Judge James Gritzner sentenced 51-year-old Richard Mendez on Friday to 81 months in prison.
Prosecutors say Mendez was part of a Colorado based conspiracy and helped distribute drugs in the Quad Cities area between 2004 and 2007.
The Davenport man was arrested after Bettendorf police seized 80 pounds of marijuana from a Bettendorf hotel room.
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