District Court Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis on Wednesday sentenced Carl Hansen, 56, of St., Croix, to four years of probation for using a phone to facilitate a drug felony, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.<\/p>\n
Chief Judge Lewis also ordered Hansen to serve the first six months of his probation on home detention, pay a $100 special assessment, and perform 200 hours of community service.<\/p>\n
On April 14, 2016, Hansen pleaded guilty to using a communication facility to facilitate a drug felony. According to the plea agreement filed with the court, on May 7, 2015, Hansen had a telephone conversation with a co-defendant to set up a purchase of controlled substances for a third party. Although Hansen did not personally sell any controlled substances, his actions facilitated the drug deal.<\/p>\n
This case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anna A. Vlasova.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
District Court Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis on Wednesday sentenced Carl Hansen, 56, of St., Croix, to four years of probation for using a phone to facilitate a drug felony, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Chief Judge Lewis also ordered Hansen to serve the first six months of his probation on home detention, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4400,191,147],"tags":[5704,4917],"yoast_head":"\n