NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The final defendant in a Portsmouth-area heroin trafficking case has pleaded guilty.
Federal prosecutors say 31-year-old Deyonta Hinton of Portsmouth entered the plea to heroin conspiracy charges Friday in federal court in Norfolk. Seven others pleaded guilty earlier.
Hinton faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison. Sentencing is set for Dec. 10.
Prosecutors say the group distributed at least 30 kilograms of heroin with a street value of at least $1.5 million. Search warrants were executed on 14 properties in Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Suffolk on July 14.
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