The Brief
- Two Dallas men, Corey Grant and Calvin Thompson, were convicted of conspiracy to traffic heroin and crack cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas.
- Prosecutors presented evidence that the men operated a “trap house” in East Dallas and supplied drugs believed to be responsible for a fatal overdose.
- The men face a statutory maximum sentence of life in federal prison; a sentencing date is pending a pre-sentence investigation.
DALLAS – Two Dallas men face up to life in federal prison after a jury convicted them of conspiracy to traffic heroin and crack cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs announced Monday.
Corey Buchea Grant, 31, and Calvin Autae Thompson, 36, were found guilty on Nov. 3 of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan.
Dallas drug dealers convicted
The backstory:
Prosecutors presented evidence that Thompson managed a “trap house” in East Dallas where Grant worked, selling multiple illegal substances, including heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, and fentanyl-laced heroin. Authorities believe drugs supplied by the two men were responsible for a fatal fentanyl overdose in Lewisville, Texas.…