Hawaii-California meth ring leader gets 28 years
A leader of a ring that conspired to smuggle methamphetamine from San Diego to Hawaii has been sentenced in federal court to 28 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Honolulu said today.
Jesse Wade Pelkey, 38, of Imperial Beach, Calif., was sentenced Thursday by Senior District Judge Helen Gillmor. In September, Pelkey pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to a news release from Florence T. Nakakuni, U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii.
Nakakuni said in a statement that evidence presented in court showed that Pelkey was an organizer and leader of a methamphetamine conspiracy that operated in San Diego and Hawaii and involved five or more members. Six people in all were convicted.
Pelkey was found responsible for the distribution of 424.9 grams of pure methamphetamine and 4,989 grams of generic methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Unlike the silly and inept local courts, the feds do not fool around. No probation or parole. This guy is done.
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Tell it like it is allie! Now you’re on a roll!
HI prosecutors are famous for offering a plea-bargain deal to put criminals only on probation if the criminal immediately fills out the voter registration card and bubbles in “D” for their party of choice and shows it to the judge 😉
Alii u always seem to think u make sense!! Federal courts do make alot of mistakes as well…
Yes, I think we can all agree that federal courts make mistakes. All courts make mistakes, but no one tops the Banana Republics courts. I’ve seen only 1 state with criminals with 17+ convictions on their rap sheet still assaulting innocent people and the courts set them free every time. LOL
429 grams isn’t even a pound. Heisenberg and Fring were selling 200 pounds a week.
Who are these guys that you mentioned? Do you realize the astronomical amount of meth they would be selling and would require a gigantic network? Seems unlikely, but please elaborate.
That’s from “Breaking bad”.
Got it, didn’t know the names of the characters.
So that means he will be out on probation dealing drugs again in 6 to 12 months because he was another angel in prison.
no he will be out in nine days or less when nerobama starts giving pardons to drug dealers.
Wrong. This is the Federal system, NOT the state system. BIG difference. I’m afraid that Mr. Pelkey will have to serve every single day of 28 years, and that’s just fine by me.
He won’t be out of federal prison until he’s 66 years old. What a waste! Hopefully he had a good time while it lasted because he’s paying a severe penalty for it.
It was a severe crime!
What’s sad is we the taxpayers will be paying for it till he’s retired then he’ll immediately transition to SSA when released. Make him a mandatory organ donor and save us the immense financial burden to the tune of $90k+ a year to support this dirt-bag.
Make room in prison for more of Jesse’s type.
How much is it going to cost taxpayers to house him for 28 years?
He better write to Obama and try to get his sentence pardoned or commuted o one month.
Trust me, if Obama would still be in office after the 20th he would pardon him in a heartbeat! HitLIARy would too, thank goodness neither one of those Kumbaya Utopian LSD hippies will be White House to let all the criminals and terrorists roaming around our country freely as they love to pander to everyone but the middle-class law abiding US Citizens.
Just a hypothetical question regarding the cost of incarceration. Other than release and confinement what else would be an option? We know they must be confined but what else could help defer cost?
Just make him a mandatory organ donor as partial restitution to society. He’s got 2 kidneys: 1st felony, take 1 kidney and donate it to those on a kidney wait list. 2nd felony, take another organ but still allow him to survive, 3rd strike, well, it’s time to donate the rest of him to the medical community to have their way with him.