DAVENPORT, IA – On March 3, 2016, Brandon Jermaine Sykes, 33, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 360 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base (“crack”), announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Sykes was ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims’ Fund.
Sykes pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute at least 280 grams of cocaine base on December 15, 2015. According to the plea agreement, from April 2013 to about April 2, 2015, Sykes obtained powder cocaine from individuals in Chicago, Illinois, and then would convert it to “crack” cocaine and sell it to individuals living in Davenport. Sykes had 15 different customers in the Davenport area. On four different occasions, law enforcement utilized a confidential source to purchase “crack” cocaine from Sykes at his Davenport residence.
This matter was investigated by the Davenport Police Department’s Tactical Operations Bureau, the Davenport Police Department, and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
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