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NC Man Sentenced For Assaulting a Police Officer & Selling Crack Cocaine in the Burlington Area

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A North Carolina man was sentenced Monday to 150 months in prison and 4 years supervised release for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and for assaulting a police officer.

A press release says 35-year-old William Parker pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine in the Burlington, Vt. area.

Parker also received a concurrent sentence of 6 months for assaulting a police officer in the Post Office on Elmwood Avenue in Burlington, Vt.

A press release says Parker and several coconspirators with ties to North Carolina, New York, and Georgia distributed crack cocaine in and around the Burlington, Vt. area from about June 2011 through February 2012. Parker also sold heroin in Chittenden County.

Parker was arrested and charged in September 2011 with felony narcotics offenses. He was selling crack cocaine in the Burlington, Vt. area until his arrest on February 2, 2012.

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