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Date: 11-07-2021

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United States of America v. Levaughn Collins

Case Number: 1:15-cr-00379

Judge: Gary Feinerman

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Cook County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

Levaughn Collins obtained bulk quantities of heroin and provided it to numerous associates, who, at Collins’s direction, processed and packaged the drugs for street-level sales. Many of the sales occurred at an illegal open-air market in the 3700 block of West Grenshaw Street in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood.

Collins obtained significant profits from the sale of multiple kilograms of heroin. During the investigation, law enforcement conducted a court-authorized search of his residence and discovered a Maserati automobile, $50,000 in cash, and more than $400,000 worth of jewelry. A search of another location which Collins utilized to stash the heroin revealed ten firearms, many of which were loaded and equipped with extended magazines.

Collins, 41, of Chicago, pleaded guilty in 2019 to federal drug and firearm charges. U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman imposed the prison sentence Tuesday after a hearing in federal court in Chicago.

The sentence was announced by John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Robert J. Bell, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; and David Brown, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. The multi-agency investigation was supported by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA) Initiative. Substantial assistance was provided by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and IRS Criminal Investigation Division in Chicago.

“The defendant financed his lifestyle by taking advantage of those addicted to heroin,” Assistant U.S. Attorneys Scott M. Edenfield and Jared C. Jodrey argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum. “Drug trafficking, at any level, is a serious offense that has well-documented deleterious effects not only on traffickers and users, but on the community at large.”

Outcome: The Defendant pleaded guilty to count(s) Count One (1), Count Twenty (20), and Count Twenty-Five (25) of the Indictment. The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total term of: One Hundred Eighty (180) Months as to Count One (1) of the Indictment, and One Hundred Eighty (180) Months as to Count Twenty-Five (25) of the Indictment. The terms for Counts One and Twenty-Five to run concurrently to one another. Sixty (60) Months as to Count Twenty (20) of the Indictment. The term for Count Twenty (20) shall run consecutively to the concurrent terms imposed on Count One and Count Twenty-Five. For a total prison term of Two-Hundred-Forty (240) months.The defendant is remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal.Upon release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be on supervised release for a term of: Five (5) years as to Count One (1), and Five (5) years as to Count Twenty (20), and Three (3) years as to Count Twenty-Five (25) of the Indictment. The terms of supervision shall run concurrently to one another. Criminal Monetary Penalties. Schedule of Payments.

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