Akron man gets prison for using snack bags to sell methamphetamine supplied by MS-13 gang

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AKRON , Ohio (WJW) — An Akron man convicted of distributing methamphetamine supplied by the violent street gang La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, has been sentenced to nearly three decades in prison.

Affiliates of gang members supplied Joshua Fortson, 37, of Akron, with the drugs for years, according to a Thursday news release from Carol Skutnik, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio…

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