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A 90-year-old Indiana man, who admitted serving as a cocaine courier for
a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in
federal prison. Leo Sharp, a decorated World War Two combat veteran, was
also sentenced to three years supervised release by Judge Nancy Edmunds
in US District Court in Detroit. After sentencing, Sharp turned to
prosecutors and called the term a "death sentence." Sharp was pulled
over by police in October 2011 for erratic driving on an interstate
highway in Michigan with what turned out to be 104 bricks of cocaine in
his truck. He pleaded guilty last October to one count of conspiring to
distribute cocaine in an agreement with prosecutors that included a
recommendation for a prison sentence of five years. Sharp's plea
agreement and reduced charge allowed him to avoid a mandatory 10-year
minimum sentence. He agreed to forfeit two properties in Florida and
$500,000 cash, but not his home and farm in Michigan City, Indiana.
Report by Sarah Kerr:
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