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Date: 03-28-2019

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United States of America v. Dennis Allen Corwin

Case Number: 1:17-cr-00117-DLH

Judge: Daniel L. Hovland

Court: United States District Court for the District of North Dakota (Burleigh County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Dawn Deitz

Defendant's Attorney: Kerry S. Rosenquist

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Bismarck, ND - Minot Man Sentenced to 12 1/2 Years in Federal Prison for Drug, Gun, and Money Laundering Charges

Chief Judge Daniel L. Hovland, United States District Court, sentenced Dennis Allen Corwin, age 37, Minot, ND, on charges of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance; Distribution of a Controlled Substance; Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime; Possession or Sale of Stolen Firearm; Possession of Firearms by a Prohibited Person; Possession of a Short-Barreled Shotgun; and Laundering of Monetary Instruments.
Judge Hovland sentenced Corwin to serve 12 1/2 years in federal prison, to be followed by five years supervised release.

In the summer of 2016, law enforcement identified Dennis Corwin as a leader of an organization distributing methamphetamine in North Dakota. Law enforcement was able to arrange purchases of methamphetamine in Minot and Bismarck, ND, from Corwin. After Corwin was arrested in Bismarck, approximately five pounds of methamphetamine and 30 firearms were located between his vehicle and shop in Minot, ND. Further investigation revealed the drug organization had transported in excess of 70 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico to North Dakota.

This case was investigated by the Berthold Police Department, Ward County Narcotics Task Force, Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Charges:


21:846 CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(1)

21:841(a)(1) DISTRIBUTION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(2)

18:924(c)(1)(A) POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN FURTHERANCE OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(3)

18:922(j) and 924(a)(2) POSSESSION OR SALE OF STOLEN FIREARM
(4)

21:841(a)(1) DISTRIBUTION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(5)

21:841(a)(1) POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(6)

18:922(g)(3) and 924(a)(2) POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY A PROHIBITED PERSON; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(8)

26:5841, 5861(d), and 5871 POSSESSION OF A SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUN
(9)

18:922(j) and 924(a)(2) POSSESSION OR SALE OF STOLEN FIREARMS
(12)

18:922(j) and 924(a)(2) POSSESSION OR SALE OF STOLEN FIREARMS
(12)

Outcome: 90 months, with credit for time served, concurrent with 90 months, with credit for time served, on Counts 1,2,4,5,6,8,9 and 13, and 60 months, with credit for time served, on Count 3, consecutive to all other counts, for a total sentence of 150 months; 3 years supervised release on Counts 3,4,8,9,12 and 13, and 10 years supervised release on Counts 1 and 6, and 8 years supervised release on Counts 2 and 5, all terms to run concurrent with one another; and $100 special assessment.

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