Florida man gets 14 years for smuggling ecstasy from China

http://www.wsvn.com/story/30141024/florida-man-gets-14-years-for-smuggling-ecstasy-from-china

MIAMI (AP) - A former Florida International University honors student has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for running a drug operation ring.

The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/1jteoyO ) reports that 28-year-old David McConnell was sentenced Monday in federal court for importing 30 kilos of synthetic drugs from China. McConnell pleaded guilty in July and had been facing up to 20 years behind bars.

The newspaper reports that between 2012 and 2014, McConnell was one of South Florida's biggest smugglers of ecstasy. He ordered the drugs online and had them delivered to a barbershop, among other locations, and then sold the drugs wholesale to dealers.

McConnell's attorney, Paul Petruzzi, says McConnell was battling mental health problems when he began selling drugs. McConnell says he made poor decisions.


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[6 Points] al_eberia:

Methylone isn't ecstasy, it's bad enough when they call it molly. Anyway he was one of the people snitched out by this guy

The dealer — Tony for this article — was debriefed by federal agents holed up in a Miami hotel room over several days in May 2013. His information helped nail two other Molly dealers, who in turn cooperated against another former FIU student, David McConnell, a major importer who will be sentenced Sept. 28.

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Tony faced up to 20 years in prison on each count, but his extensive cooperation with agents and lack of criminal history softened the blow. He pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.

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Cohn gave him two years in prison. He will be a free man early next year.


[1 Points] redditulousfun:

Selling methylone as ecstacy or molly should get you that for fucks sake just sell it as methylone. Im glad that shit never caught on in my country


[1 Points] None:

/r/FloridaMan

Fuck people selling methylone as MDMA/ecstasy, though


[1 Points] GG_Zooted:

Almost all of the "Molly" in South Florida is methylene. I remember when it exploded in 2013. It turned into a shit show everyone from the college kids to the Haitians had "Molly" and I knew there was no way so many people had MDMA for so cheap, so I tried it and knew it was Methylone bc back in 2010 it got really popular on my college campus in Delaware. Regardless, it is still flooded down here with Methylone I live about 20 minutes N of Miami. Also, I've seen there's been a recent spike in CD and seized packages so be careful


[1 Points] neuromatter:

Ya, we got it bad in my area. I remember doing good beans in highschool before kids my age got into it. For a while after that, you could only find methylone, meth, and even MDPV in capsules at one point. Fucked a lot of people up. Then a few people I know started getting from the market, and ordering presses in bulk. It was the only way you could get legit MDMA, but some people were more hesitant about them then a capsule full of miscellaneous rocks.