Theresa Anderson, the head of a family drug-dealing business that spanned three generations, was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison.
Anderson, 58, pleaded guilty earlier this year to distributing cocaine base. She was one of seven family members convicted for taking part in what prosecutors call the Anderson Drug Trafficking Organization.
For more than decade, Anderson and her family operated a drug operation that police say controlled several city blocks in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.
The family’s drug dealing, according to neighbors, was one of the reasons why St. John Kanty School on Swinburne Street, a neighborhood institution, closed several years ago.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa M. Marangola described the family’s drug dealing as an around-the-clock enterprise and Anderson as its clear leader.
Investigators said Anderson purchased several homes on Deshler Street that were later used to sell drugs and often stationed paid lookouts in those houses.
Anderson’s drug ring thrived for more than a decade because she employed family members who would never turn her in, they said.
That changed in February of 2012 when seven SWAT teams led by the Drug Enforcement Administration raided 15 drug houses owned by her and her relatives.
email: pfairbanks@buffnews.com
Anderson, 58, pleaded guilty earlier this year to distributing cocaine base. She was one of seven family members convicted for taking part in what prosecutors call the Anderson Drug Trafficking Organization.
For more than decade, Anderson and her family operated a drug operation that police say controlled several city blocks in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.
The family’s drug dealing, according to neighbors, was one of the reasons why St. John Kanty School on Swinburne Street, a neighborhood institution, closed several years ago.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa M. Marangola described the family’s drug dealing as an around-the-clock enterprise and Anderson as its clear leader.
Investigators said Anderson purchased several homes on Deshler Street that were later used to sell drugs and often stationed paid lookouts in those houses.
Anderson’s drug ring thrived for more than a decade because she employed family members who would never turn her in, they said.
That changed in February of 2012 when seven SWAT teams led by the Drug Enforcement Administration raided 15 drug houses owned by her and her relatives.
email: pfairbanks@buffnews.com
