Jamaican national busted in Cleveland with 150 pounds of ecstasy sentenced to prison

CLEVELAND (WJW) — A Jamaican national living in Cleveland who was busted with 150 pounds of a popular party drug intended for distribution is now headed to prison.

Tonie Neno Mitchell, 34, previously pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, according to a news release from Carol Skutnik, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

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A federal judge on Thursday, May 29, sentenced Mitchell to 100 months, or a little more than eight years, in prison.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency investigators raided Mitchell’s Cleveland residence in July 2024. It was the result of a money laundering investigation into Mitchell and others through which investigators had already seized more than $350,000 in suspected drug money, according to the release…

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