GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A former state prison employee from Muskegon will spend two years behind bars for his role in a drug trafficking ring.
On Friday, a federal judge in Grand Rapids sentenced James Kitchen to 24 months in prison for each of three charges: conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, distributing a controlled substance and money laundering. The three sentences will run concurrently, which means Kitchen will actually spend only two years in prison. That will be followed by three years of supervised release.
Kitchen was convicted of the three charges in November. He was also found not guilty of a related weapons charge.
Federal prosecutors say he and four other men conspired for more than two years to bring cocaine and meth from Mexico to West Michigan.
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