{"id":44230,"date":"2024-04-16T11:40:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=44230"},"modified":"2024-04-16T11:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:40:26","slug":"3-from-polk-county-plead-guilty-to-trafficking-meth-to-california-through-orlando-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/04\/16\/3-from-polk-county-plead-guilty-to-trafficking-meth-to-california-through-orlando-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"3 From Polk County Plead Guilty To Trafficking Meth To California Through Orlando Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three Polk County residents have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges of intent to distribute methamphetamine.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"159\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/images-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44231\" style=\"width:672px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/images-3.jpeg 318w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/images-3-300x150.jpeg 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jevonn Clayton, 48, Auburndale, Venus Lott, 45, Bartow, and Richardson Sid, 40, Winter Haven, each face a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sentencing hearings have not yet been scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the plea agreement, on August 11, 2022, Clayton agreed to transport suitcases containing methamphetamine from Los Angeles to Orlando on behalf of a drug trafficker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after that, Clayton and the drug trafficker recruited Lott and Sid to travel to California to assist in transporting the suitcases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On August 16, 2022, Clayton, Lott, and Sid departed Los Angeles for Orlando with five suitcases packed with large amounts of methamphetamine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation were investigating inbound flights at the Orlando airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agents located and searched the suitcases belonging to Clayton, Lott, and Sid and recovered several vacuum-sealed bags that contained over 35 kilograms of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated this case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Polk County residents have pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges of intent to distribute methamphetamine. 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