A 23-year-old Pulaski man pled guilty to drug and gun charges Tuesday in United States District Court in Abingdon and now faces a mandatory 25 years in prison.

Darryl Antonio Taylor, a/k/a “Pretty Tony” of Pulaski plead guilty to one charge of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine and one charge of possession of firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.

According to evidence presented hearing on Tuesday by Assistant United States Attorney, Zachary Lee, Tsylor, who had previously been convicted of a felony drug offense relating to cocaine, distributed crack cocaine in Pulaski, Virginia between January 1, 2006 and January 7, 2007. Taylor supplied other individuals with distribution quantity amounts of crack cocaine so that it could be further distributed in the Pulaski area. Furthermore, on March 22, 2006 during one of these drug transactions, Taylor possessed a firearm for the purpose of protecting the drugs and the money involved in the transaction.

Taylor will be sentenced on May 19. He faces a mandatory minimum term of twenty years in prison, a potential maximum term of life in prison, and a potential fine of $8 million on the charge of conspiracy to distribute fifty grams or more of crack cocaine. In addition, he also faces a mandatory minimum term of five years in prison on the charge of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. This term of imprisonment must be served consecutively to any other sentence imposed by the court.

“Thanks to the cooperative effort of several law enforcement agencies, another dangerous individual has been taken off of our streets,” United States Attorney John L. Brownlee said. “This guilty plea is another step forward in providing our friends and neighbors with a safer community. A community that is free of drugs and illegal firearms.”

The investigation of this case was conducted by the Pulaski Police Department, Wythe
County Sheriff’s Department, Virginia State Police, and the Bristol Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Assistant United States Attorney Zachary T. Lee of the United States Attorney’s Office in Abingdon prosecuted the case.

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