The head of a drug trafficking ring that sold heroin and cocaine in Gadsden and Leon counties was given a 25-year prison term, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Office of Statewide Prosecution announced.
A Leon County jury found Kevin Choute guilty of conspiring to traffic cocaine weighing over 400 grams, heroin weighing over 28 grams, and having a firearm while a felon.
“Drug traffickers profit from the misery of others, but in Florida we are making sure they pay dearly for their crimes. The defendant in our case found out the hard way that crime never pays, and thanks to our great law enforcement partners and my Statewide Prosecutors he will be behind bars for a long time,” said Moody.
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement began investigating Choute as part of Operation No Warning, a law enforcement effort that took down 27 suspected drug dealers in Gadsden and Leon counties. Using wiretap interceptions and physical surveillance, the investigation revealed Choute as the leader of a sophisticated drug-trafficking organization.
A search of Choute’s home yielded three kilograms of cocaine and approximately 714 grams of heroin. The investigation also uncovered that Choute regularly traveled to California to purchase cocaine and heroin from illicit drug suppliers.
The Honorable Judge Stephen Everett sentenced Choute to 25 years in prison, followed by 10 years of probation.
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