Washington state man granted clemency by Inslee indicted on drug trafficking charges

An Everett man who was granted clemency by former Gov. Jay Inslee and became a criminal justice reform advocate was indicted Thursday for allegedly running a drug trafficking organization.

The state’s clemency and pardons board unanimously commuted Percy Levy’s sentence in 2019 for a robbery and burglary conviction, and he eventually became a community outreach specialist with the Redemption Project of Washington, a partnership between the Washington Defender Association and the Seattle Clemency Project.

A grand jury indicted Levy, 54, with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl, and unlawful possession of a firearm. He is being held in federal detention in SeaTac…

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