{"id":115587,"date":"2018-01-09T15:39:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T20:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=115587"},"modified":"2018-01-09T15:39:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T20:39:59","slug":"police-florida-man-commuted-20-miles-day-operate-crack-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/police-florida-man-commuted-20-miles-day-operate-crack-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Police: Florida Man Commuted Over 20 Miles Each Day To Operate Crack Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jacksonville, Florida \u2013 A judge sentenced Maurice Mervin (41, Jacksonville) to five years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute \u201ccrack\u201d cocaine and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a Dodge Challenger that he had used in his drug business.<\/p>\n
Mervin pleaded guilty on July 13, 2016.<\/p>\n
According to court documents, Mervin lived with his family in a suburban community in southern Duval County. Each day, he commuted more than 20 miles to Jacksonville\u2019s northside to manage and supply crack houses operated by his underlings.<\/p>\n
In taking down Mervin\u2019s drug ring, special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives executed multiple search warrants that led to the discovery of a loaded firearm in Mervin\u2019s home, over 100 rounds of ammunition, and equipment and chemicals used to \u201ccook\u201d crack cocaine.<\/p>\n
Mervin has a prior felony conviction for possession of cocaine and was therefore prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition under federal law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jacksonville, Florida \u2013 A judge sentenced Maurice Mervin (41, Jacksonville) to five years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute \u201ccrack\u201d cocaine and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a Dodge Challenger that he had used in his drug business. Mervin pleaded guilty on July 13, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":73130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n