Albany man pleads to drug trafficking charge
Sherwood Jordan, of 42 Lovejoy Mountain Road in Albany Township, pleaded guilty in Oxford County Superior Court to aggravated trafficking in marijuana, and admitted to the forfeiture of $2,380 in cash. A charge of unlawful possession of cocaine was dismissed. The trafficking charge was aggravated due to Jordan's prior conviction in 1992 of possession of less than 50 kilograms of marijuana with the intent to distribute.
Jordan's sentence will run concurrent to one he is serving after being convicted in federal court of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. On Oct. 19, he was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison with eight years of supervised release.
In that case, Jordan was one of dozens of people, including 21 Maine defendants, charged with involvement in a drug distribution system that linked Atlanta, Boston, and southern Maine. Many of the defendants were connected to the Iron Horsemen Motorcycle Club, including Jordan and the former club president.
In the Oxford County case, the cash and two pounds of processed marijuana were seized at Jordan's home after a search by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency in March 2008.
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