WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
HOUSTON - A 34-year-oldself-proclaimed Crips street gang member has been convicted of drug trafficking and firearm offenses, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck.
A federal jury in Houston deliberated for approximately90 minutes before convicting Todd McCoy of three counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and three counts of using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug offense following a four-day trial.
Over the course of afive-month investigation, McCoy sold approximately 215 grams of meth and four firearms during multiple meetings in Hou...