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Department of Justice

U.S. Attorney's Office
Northern District of Indiana

For Immediate Release

Friday, March 1, 2019
Thomas L Kirsch II
, United States Attorney
Contact: Ryan Holmes
(219) 937-5500
www.usdoj.gov/usao/inn

Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 168 Months in Prison

For Possessing with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and for Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime

FORT WAYNE – Reginald Gant, 33 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to Possessing with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.

 

Gant was sentenced to 168 months imprisonment and 4 years of supervised release. 

 

According to documents in the case, on June 17, 2016, Gant was in possession of 100 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of heroin, a Schedule I Controlled Substance.  At that time, Gant possessed a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking offense.

 

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Fort Wayne Police Department and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Stacey R. Speith.

 

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