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Kan. man’s life sentence reduced to 30 years in drug case

Banks-photo Kan. Dpt. of Corrections
Banks-photo Kan. Dpt. of Corrections

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Junction City man’s sentence of life in prison for trafficking cocaine has been reduced.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 33-year-old Albert Dwayne Banks was resentenced Monday to 30 years in federal prison.

Last month’s sentence was reduced based on the judge’s consideration of aggravating factors in the sentence.

Banks was convicted in June for conspiracy to distribute more than 280 grams of crack cocaine and distributing crack cocaine.

Prosecutors presented evidence from an investigation by Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents and Junction City Police Department detectives into a large crack cocaine trafficking organization in Junction City and Manhattan in 2012 and 2013.

Prosecutors say Banks and co-defendant Anthony Thompson acquired drugs from three different suppliers and sold them to distributors who resold them on the streets.

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