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Jersey City Man Sentenced to 225 Months in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine

NEWARK, N.J. – A Jersey City man was sentenced today to 225 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Jamil King, 32, of Jersey City, was previously convicted after a two-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas. Judge Salas imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and the evidence at trial:

King is a high-ranking member of the Jersey City neighborhood street gang known as Parkside. Law enforcement officials obtained a search warrant for King’s residence, and during the evening of July 8, 2022, officers executed that warrant. When the police arrived, King fled, but law enforcement recovered approximately 50 grams of cocaine from a pair of sweatpants inside the apartment. Those sweatpants contained the defendant’s DNA and matched the sweatshirt that the defendant was wearing that night.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Salas sentenced King to three years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited the Jersey City Police Department, under the direction of Director James Shea, for the investigation leading to the sentencing. He also thanked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Newark Field Division, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge L.C. Cheeks Jr.

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