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Friday, February 08, 2013
ESSENTIALLY- Life For Dealing Cocaine A 45-year-old Johnson City man has been handed 65 years in federal prison for distribution and conspiracy to distribute cocaine along with other crimes as well as being a non-registered resident alien. Mario Hernandez Velazquez was handed that sentence by federal Judge Leon Jordan in Greeneville and it was noted that there is no parole in the federal prison system. He will be in jail for the rest of his life. Velazquez as part of a 2010 undercover investigation that saw over 100 cocaine buys in undercover transactions in the region. (CS)
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