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Ricardo Sanchez, Jr., also known as Ricardo Sanchez, was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2009 of multiple federal offenses including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to commit carjacking resulting in death, knowingly taking a motor vehicle with intent to cause death and serious bodily harm that resulted in death, carrying and using a firearm during a crime of violence and drug trafficking crime that caused death (four counts), possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and use and carrying of firearms during drug trafficking crimes. He was originally sentenced to 60 months supervised release. On December 23, 2024, President Joe Biden granted Sanchez a commutation of his sentence.
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Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one or more controlled substances; knowingly and intentionally possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance; knowingly and willfully combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with each other to commit an offense against the United States, that is, the carjacking of a motor vehicle and its contents, which motor vehicle had been transported, shipped, or received in interstate commerce; knowingly and intentionally, with the intent to cause death and serious bodily harm, take a motor vehicle and its contents, which resulted in death; knowingly carry and use a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence, and a drug trafficking crime and in the course caused the death of a person through the use of a firearm (four counts); knowingly and intentionally possess with the intent to distribute one or more controlled substances; possession of one or more firearms by a convicted felon; knowingly use and carry one or more firearms, during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime
Southern District of Florida · 2009
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60 months supervised release
Sentenced May 13, 2009 · Southern District of Florida
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