Law enforcement celebrates success of case cooperation
March 12, 2010 | Virginia News
ABINGDON, Va. – Initially, federal prosecutor Zach Lee thought his investigation of a crack-cocaine ring would extend little further than the five men targeted.
But the case quickly ballooned beyond Bristol, and eventually exposed a North Carolina-based music production company as a sham cover for the drug ring. From there, the investigation netted federal indictments against 50 people in three states, and racked up eight life sentences.
In an award ceremony Wednesday, prosecutors, police and federal officers from the 10 agencies involved in the investigation celebrated its success with Lee at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. “Once you got more information, it wasn’t just five people, it was the entire [drug] organization,” Lee, an assistant U.S. attorney, said after the ceremony.
