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It was announced Thursday that the prosecutions of “Operation Son Sun” heroin enterprise defendants concluded with guilty adjudications for 46 defendants and long sentences for the leaders of the organization.
The prosecutions were highlighted by the recent sentencings of Andrew “Rock” Lloyd, 32, of Wilmington and Antoine “Flock” Miller, 35, of Wilmington. Lloyd led one of the largest heroin trafficking organizations in Delaware history before its shutdown a year ago.
A multi-agency investigation,known as “Operation Son Sun,” included the Delaware Department of Justice, the Drug Enforcement Administration-Wilmington Office (DEA), the Wilmington Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Castle County Police Department, the Division of Probation and Parole, the Newark Police Department, and the Delaware State Police.
The final indictment charging 46 people was handed down on December 22, 2014. One year later, all 46 persons indicted have pled guilty or been convicted of criminal offenses. Lloyd was sentenced to 25 years in prison, followed by probation for charges of organized crime and racketeering, six counts of Tier Five heroin possession, six counts of Tier Four drug dealing heroin, drug dealing with an aggravating factor, Tier One drug possession with an aggravating factor, possession of drug paraphernalia, and eight counts of second degree conspiracy. Miller was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by probation for charges of organized crime and racketeering, Tier Five heroin possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, and two counts of second degree conspiracy.
“The successful resolutions to these cases sends a strong message that we will seek to prosecute not just the street-level dealers, but the organizational heads of drug-dealing operations in our state,” said Attorney General Matt Denn. “These racketeering cases are notoriously hard to put together and present, and the fact that we were able to get convictions is in large part a credit to the front-line law enforcement work that was done.”
