The investigation found David J. Knight made at least nine trips to Puerto Rico to acquire more than two kilograms of cocaine. The drugs were then shipped via U.S. Postal Service to various addresses in R.I.

👁️PROVIDENCE — A Fall River man pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges that he participated in a conspiracy to traffic cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island through the U.S. Postal Service.

David J. Knight, 48, admitted that beginning in August 2016, he made at least nine trips to Puerto Rico to purchase cocaine, which was then packaged and shipped through the U.S. Postal Service to various addresses in Rhode Island, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Aaron L. Weisman.

Authorities determined that Knight acquired about 250 grams of cocaine per trip.

Knight pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. to conspiracy to possess more than one kilogram of cocaine with the intent to distribute, and possession of more than one kilogram of cocaine with the intent to distribute.

Knight is the ninth person charged in a series of ongoing investigations by U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents to identify and interrupt the delivery of packages of narcotics shipped through the U.S. Postal Service to addresses in Rhode Island, to identify individuals responsible for making the shipments, and to identify the intended recipients of the packages.

He is scheduled to be sentenced June 11.

http://newportri.com/news/20190211/fall-river-man-admits-to-mailing-cocaine-to-ri

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ri/pr/fall-river-man-admits-drug-trafficking-through-us-mail

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Also Fall River

No deals

>>5136763

Court document: No plea talks between feds, embattled Fall River mayor

Fall River Mayor Jasiel F. Correia II has had no plea discussions with federal prosecutors about resolving his indictment on wire fraud and false tax return charges short of trial, according to a status report on his case.

The same document, filed Wednesday by prosecutors and Correia’s defense attorney Kevin J. Reddington, informs U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell that Correia is reserving his right to offer “a defense of insanity, public authority, or alibi … at a later date.”

The legal adversaries are requesting a hearing on the case scheduled for next week be canceled as unnecessary.

Prosecutors tell Cabell they have turned over 18,256 pages of discovery to Correia’s defense. No trial date has been set, but if one occurs they expect it to last two to three weeks.

“The parties have not had any plea discussions,” the report states, but does not elaborate on whether the subject has been broached or if either side isn’t open to the idea.

Correia, 27, could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. He has refused to resign from office.

He is accused of defrauding seven investors in an app company, SnoOwl, he founded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of four years — the bulk of which prosecutors allege Correia spent on a Mercedes-Benz C300 sport sedan, designer clothing, jewelry, travel, fine dining, casinos, dating services and adult entertainment, as well as his own campaign fund and student loan debt.

Correia has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/02/07/court-document-no-plea-talks-between-feds-embattled-fall-river-mayor/

>>5136790

>Jasiel F. Correia II This nigga says he is from the Asores & Cape Verde… He's the Puerto Rican Manchurian candidate.

Correia's parents immigrated to Fall River when they were children. His father is from Cape Verde and his mother is from the Azores.

In November 2015, Correia become the youngest person (at age 23), and first person of Cape Verdean descent, to be elected mayor of Fall River; defeating incumbent mayor Sam Sutter with almost 52% of the vote.[3] He took office in January 2016, becoming the city's 44th mayor. In November 2017, Correia was elected to a second term as mayor against City Councilor Linda M. Pereira with 61% of the vote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasiel_Correia

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Daniel Hernandez was born on May 8, 1996, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City to a mother originally from Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico and a Puerto Rican father.[12] Hernandez grew up speaking Spanish.

Hernandez was raised with his older brother by his parents until he was 13, when his father was shot dead steps away from the family home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6ix9ine