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    jamaican DJ ‘Busy Signal’ pleads guilty to dodging US drug t

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A popular Jamaican DJ has admitted he left the United States 10 years ago before he was to stand trial on drug charges.

    Glendale Goshia Gordon performs under the name Busy Signal. He pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of failure to appear in court.

    Sentencing guidelines recommend between 12 and 18 months in prison. His attorney, Bill Mauzy (MOW’-zee), says he’ll ask for time served. A sentencing date has not been set.

    Gordon was charged in 2002 with two counts related to cocaine trafficking. He left Minnesota before the trial and was a fugitive until his arrest this May.

    He waived extradition from Jamaica only on the failure to appear charge. While those cocaine charges still exist, the U.S. doesn’t currently have jurisdiction to prosecute him on those counts.
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    Originally posted by Skeng D View Post
    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A popular Jamaican DJ has admitted he left the United States 10 years ago before he was to stand trial on drug charges.

    Glendale Goshia Gordon performs under the name Busy Signal. He pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of failure to appear in court.

    Sentencing guidelines recommend between 12 and 18 months in prison. His attorney, Bill Mauzy (MOW’-zee), says he’ll ask for time served. A sentencing date has not been set.

    Gordon was charged in 2002 with two counts related to cocaine trafficking. He left Minnesota before the trial and was a fugitive until his arrest this May.

    He waived extradition from Jamaica only on the failure to appear charge. While those cocaine charges still exist, the U.S. doesn’t currently have jurisdiction to prosecute him on those counts.
    The irony is that the judge may decide to only deport him.
    The same type of thinking that created a problem cannot be used to solve the problem.

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    • #3
      It was really a waste of US taxpayers resources fi hire a private jet to bring sumady to Minnesota who faced a sentence of less than 2 years. B. Todd Jones, the US Attorney fi the District of Minnesota should be ashamed of himself! This man has broad discretion and this was handled poorly and nuff odda tings him could a do wid taxpayers time & money.
      Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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      • #4
        very true. He didn't even take passenger plane.
        • Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.

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        • #5
          If this report is accurate, Somebody screwed up badly.

          I cannot believe this was the game plan the prosecutors had in mind.
          "‎It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass

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          • #6
            cant they just "re-extradite" him when he gets back?

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            • #7
              I believe the statue of limitations for the drug charges had passed.
              Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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              • #8
                well, they have their conviction .....

                Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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                • #9
                  "statue of limitations"


                  how long ?

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