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Date: 01-26-2023
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United States of America v. Rafael Fleury Monoz
Case Number: 1:22-cr-00059
Judge: Mary S. McElroy
Court: United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island (Providence County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Providence
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with acting as a member of a criminal drug conspiracy when he attempted to retrieve U.S. Priority Mail packages containing cocaine intended for later distribution.
Rafael Fleury Munoz, 23, admitted that, on March 26, 2022, working with other members of the criminal drug conspiracy, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to retrieve a package from a postal carrier that had been mailed to an address in Providence. That package contained 1.15 kilograms of cocaine; two days later, Fleury Munoz successfully retrieved a different parcel, delivered to a Johnston residence, that contained 1.07 kilograms of cocaine.
Appearing before U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy, Fleury Munoz pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and a charge of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Detained in federal custody since his arrest on March 28, 2022, Fleury Munoz was sentenced to time served and he was ordered turned over to Immigration and Custom Enforcement to face deportation proceedings.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Denise M. Barton and Stacey A. Erickson.
The matter was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
21:846 and 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) - CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE
(1s)
21:841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C) and 18:2 - POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE
(2s)
Outcome: Time served, 1 year of supervised release and $200.00 special assessment.
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