DUNWOODY, Ga. — The United States Department of Justice has sentenced a Dunwoody man on federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced this week.
Gordon Johnson, 39, will serve 17 1/2 years in prison for violating federal narcotics laws.
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Officials say between September 2020 and December 2021, Johnson conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine, along with conspiracy to commit money laundering.
During the same time period, Johnson also maintained a drug house.
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This was not Johnson’s first run in with the law after Judge Cathy Bissoon decided to impose a harsher sentence because she said he “did not appear to have learned from second chances that he had been given and that a significant sentence emphasized the serious nature of Johnson’s offenses.”
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