From Sandy Louey:
A 28-year-old Sacramento man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for trafficking in drugs.
U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced on Thursday David Brown Jr. for a conviction of possession with intent to distribute at least five grams of crack cocaine after a prior felony drug conviction, according to a release from the Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown.
David Brown also must serve eight years of supervised release.
The case came from an investigation from the Sacramento Police Department's problem oriented police officers, the release said.
Federal prosecutors said police officers knew Brown was a drug dealer in Oak Park.
On Jan. 7, 2008, Oak Park POP officers were patrolling at 8th Avenue and San Jose Way. Brown threw away a bag containing more than 40 grams of crack cocaine when he saw the officers, the release said.
When he was arrested, he was on parole and had been convicted three times of possession/purchase of cocaine base for sale - in San Mateo County in 1998 and in Sacramento County in 1998 and 2003. He also was convicted in 2006 in Sacramento County for the felony of possession of a controlled substance, authorities said.
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