Amari Stroy, 23, was sentenced Thursday to eight months in prison and one year of supervised release for possession of 9.9 kilos of marijuana.
According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Stroy pled guilty to possession on June 8, after she was apprehended on Feb. 13 at the Cyril E. King International Airport with what amounted to 22 pounds of pot after arriving on St. Thomas from Atlanta.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland
Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David White.
Stroy was sentenced by District Court Judge Curtis Gomez.