Rockford drug dealer sentenced to 13 years in federal prison

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A Rockford drug dealer has been sentenced to spend 13 years in federal prison after a 2020 investigation and arrest.

According to the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office, Cornell Finely, 48, was the target of an investigation into drug dealing, and officials say a search of his residence located cocaine, two firearms, ammunition and more than $4,000 in U.S. currency.

He pleaded guilty to the charges of knowingly and intentionally possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and possessing two handguns in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime…

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