3 plead guilty to trying to ship Colorado pot to Mississippi

Published 7:17 pm Thursday, March 22, 2018

ST. MARTIN (AP) — A third man has pleaded guilty to trying to FedEx 11 pounds (5 kilograms) of marijuana from Colorado to a Mississippi home.

The Sun Herald reports that 23-year-old Kristopher Marcel Nguyen pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of possession with intent to distribute on Tuesday, taking a similar plea deal as the ones agreed to by codefendants 35-year-old Jonathan Mathieu Martin and 35-year-old George Robert Tapper III. All three had been indicted on trafficking charges last June.

Nguyen said he and his friends had used FedEx for the shipment because a friend drove for the company. Jackson County authorities intercepted the package from Colorado, where recreational marijuana use and possession is legal.

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Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of 20 years, with 10 suspended, for each defendant, in addition to fines.