Providence Cocaine Dealer Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison
Friday, July 17, 2015
Kendall Ferrara, a 33-year-old man from Providence, was sentenced this week to three years in federal prison for trafficking crack cocaine in and around the Providence area.
At sentencing, U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi also ordered Ferrara to serve three years of supervised release upon completion of his prison term. Ferrara pleaded guilty on April 6, 2015, to one count of distribution of crack cocaine.
About the Arrest
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTAccording to court documents, an undercover FBI Safe Streets Violent Gang Task Force investigation in the fall of 2014 into drug trafficking activities in and around Providence included five purchases of crack cocaine in varying amounts from Ferrara between October 10 and November 21, 2014. The purchases totaled nearly 59 grams of crack cocaine.
Ferrara was arrested by members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force on February 23, 2015.
The FBI’s Safe Streets Violent Gang Task Force consists of agents and law enforcement officers from the FBI, RI State Police, Providence, Cranston, Woonsocket, Johnston and Central Falls Police Departments and the RI Adult Corrections Institutions.
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