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October 1, 2007

Man gets more than 15 years for drug trafficking

PROVIDENCE -- A Providence man with two-dozen past convictions has been sentenced to more than 15 1/2 years in federal prison for crack cocaine trafficking, U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente's office announced today.

Ronald Hill, 35, sold crack cocaine in Providence on two occasions last year, a news release says. Hill's two-dozen prior convictions included five drug convictions. He was sentenced Friday as a career offender by Judge William E. Smith in U.S. District Court, Providence. Other convictions included domestic assault, drug possession and drug trafficking.

Hill pleaded guilty in January to two counts of distributing cocaine base. At the plea hearing, prosecutor Sandra R. Beckner said the government could show that on Sept. 11, 2006, Hill sold a gram of crack and, on Sept. 18, he sold nearly 10 grams.

Providence police monitored both sales, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 12:21 PM | Permalink

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