District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on Friday sentenced Kurt Reovan, 37, of Georgia, to 20 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, U.S. Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
According to Sharpe, Reovan pleaded guilty on June 8 to conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
Court records show that on Feb. 13, Reovan and Amari Stroy, 23, of Union City, Georgia, were apprehended at the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas with approximately 9.9 kilograms of marijuana in a checked suitcase. Reovan brought the marijuana to St. Thomas on a flight that originated in Atlanta, Georgia, according to police.
On Sept. 17, Stroy was sentenced to eight months in prison and one year of supervised release for possession of marijuana.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David White.
