A Georgia man with ties to St. Croix was sentenced today in federal court by Judge Wilma Lewis to four months in prison for possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, according to a release from U.S. Attorney from the Virgin Islands Gretchen Shappert. The substance was marijuana.
According to court documents, Ra’Kheel Velasquez, age 24, of Georgia traveled to St. Croix on March 10, 2021, on a Delta flight originating from Atlanta, Georgia. Velasquez allegedly traveled with luggage containing about 1.76 kilograms or 4 pounds of marijuana in four individually wrapped packages intended for distribution. In addition to four months imprisonment, Velasquez must also serve 3 years of supervised release, pay a $1000 fine and $100 special assessment fee.
