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Thursday, 19 May 2016 15:13

Seaboard man accepts plea deal in case linked to brother

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A Seaboard man whose brother is awaiting sentencing on federal drug charges has pled guilty and is also awaiting a federal sentencing, court records show.

Court records show the case of Anthony Tyrone Moody is related to the case of his brother, Sterling Deland Moody, who was arrested in a Drug Enforcement Administration sting in 2014.

A notice of related cases was filed by the United States Attorney's Office in March and states, “A previously filed Criminal Information — United States v. Sterling Deland Moody — … is being prosecuted in this district. This indictment and the aforementioned case arise out of the same conspiracy, common scheme, and series of transactions, and therefore are related cases within the meaning of … Local Criminal Rule.”

The indictment linked to Anthony Moody charges him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine.

The indictment from March charges from a date unknown, but no later than in or about 2008,

and continuing until on or about November 5, 2015, Anthony Moody did knowingly and intentionally combine, conspire, confederate, agree, and have a tacit understanding with other persons, known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine.

“With respect to the defendant, the amount involved in the conspiracy attributable to him as a result of his own conduct, and the conduct of other conspirators reasonably foreseeable to him, is 5 kilograms or more of cocaine,” the indictment says.

Count two of the indictment says on or about November 5, 2015, Anthony Moody did knowingly and intentionally possess with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine.

The indictment notes Anthony Moody committed the violations alleged in the indictment after one or more prior convictions for felony drug offenses had become final.

Anthony Moody is currently in federal custody after waiving his detention hearing in March, court records show.

Minute entries from his arraignment held earlier this month show he pled guilty to count one and count two will be dismissed at his sentencing, which is tentatively scheduled for August 9 in Greenville.

Sterling Moody, who also accepted a plea deal, is tentatively scheduled or sentencing on June 14 in Greenville, according to court records.

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