A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 20 years for supplying crack cocaine to a drug trafficking operation in Junction City and Manhattan, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
Johnny Lee Ivory, III, 29, Topeka, Kan., was convicted after a jury trial in June on one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm following a felony conviction.
During trial, prosecutors presented evidence that in late 2012 and early 2013 agents of Kansas Bureau of Investigation and detectives from the Junction City Police Department investigated a large crack cocaine trafficking organization in Junction City and Manhattan. The organization was led by co-defendants Albert Banks and Anthony Thompson, who acquired the drugs from Ivory and two other suppliers. Banks and Thompson sold the drugs to distributors who resold them on the streets.
Ivory’s co-defendants include:
Albert Dwayne Banks, 33, Junction, City, Kan., who is set for sentencing Oct. 26.
Martye Madabuti Madkins, III, 34, Junction City, Kan., who is set for sentencing Nov. 23.
Anthony Caryle Thompson, 33, Junction City, Kan., who is set for sentencing Nov. 23.
Grissom commended the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Junction City Police Department, the Geary County Attorney’s Office and Assistant U.S. Attorney Tony Mattivi for their work on the case.
