Chad Abraham:
"A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the personal safety of an Aspen man expected to serve prison time for allegedly leading a cocaine operation here could be jeopardized by his cooperation with federal investigators.
U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger vacated the August sentencing date of Wayne Reid, 65, and reset it to Nov. 15. The extension will let Reid complete testimony against the remaining defendants in the case, a court filing says, and allow prosecutor Michelle Korver to better evaluate the “full measure” of his assistance to authorities ahead of sentencing.
“The request to continue Mr. Reid’s sentencing, however, is based on other factors, as well,” Korver wrote in her filing. “Most importantly, there are several significant security concerns affecting cooperating defendants when they begin their term of incarceration at a [federal] Bureau of Prisons facility and are then later brought back to the sentencing district to testify....”
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July 15, 2012
February 14, 2012
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "DEA: Montgomery Chitty, former Aspen resident, had role in local cocaine ring"
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Chad Abraham:
"A former Aspen man and national political consultant was arrested Monday in Florida for allegedly playing a role in a drug ring that streamlined kilos of cocaine to the upper Roaring Fork Valley.
Montgomery Chitty, 60, described in one book as a longtime friend of the late Hunter S. Thompson, faces one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
The charge arises out of a year-long federal investigation into a Los Angeles-to-Aspen cocaine operation that resulted in the grand jury indictments of 10 people, including six from the Aspen area. Seven people arrested in May have since pleaded guilty as a result of plea agreements.
On Dec. 13, a federal grand jury in Denver returned a one-count indictment against Chitty.
A 2009 article in the Aspen Daily News described Chitty as a longtime political pundit and a former consultant to the Democratic National Committee. He was also Thompson’s longtime friend, according to “Outlaw Journalist” by William McKeen.
Newspaper archives show he also wrote letters to the editor decrying developers and various projects.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested Chitty in Big Pine Key, Fla., says a press release from the U.S. attorney’s office.
Chitty appeared in U.S. District Court in Key West, Fla., on Monday, and was being held without bond...."
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Chad Abraham:
"A former Aspen man and national political consultant was arrested Monday in Florida for allegedly playing a role in a drug ring that streamlined kilos of cocaine to the upper Roaring Fork Valley.
Montgomery Chitty, 60, described in one book as a longtime friend of the late Hunter S. Thompson, faces one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
The charge arises out of a year-long federal investigation into a Los Angeles-to-Aspen cocaine operation that resulted in the grand jury indictments of 10 people, including six from the Aspen area. Seven people arrested in May have since pleaded guilty as a result of plea agreements.
On Dec. 13, a federal grand jury in Denver returned a one-count indictment against Chitty.
A 2009 article in the Aspen Daily News described Chitty as a longtime political pundit and a former consultant to the Democratic National Committee. He was also Thompson’s longtime friend, according to “Outlaw Journalist” by William McKeen.
Newspaper archives show he also wrote letters to the editor decrying developers and various projects.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested Chitty in Big Pine Key, Fla., says a press release from the U.S. attorney’s office.
Chitty appeared in U.S. District Court in Key West, Fla., on Monday, and was being held without bond...."
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January 31, 2012
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "L.A. man latest to plead guilty in Aspen cocaine case"
Aspen Daily News:
"..A Los Angeles resident who gave $38,000 to an Aspen man for a kilo of cocaine in 2010 pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Denver.
Arrested in May in connection with a Los Angeles-to-Aspen trafficking ring, Anthony Buchanan, 67, is one of seven people, including five Aspen-area residents, who have reached a plea agreement in the case.
Federal prosecutor Michele Korver will recommend that Buchanan, who pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, be sentenced to 18 months of home detention and three years of probation. A conspiracy charge was dropped in the plea deal, according to court documents.
On Sept. 24, 2010, Buchanan met Wayne Reid, of Aspen, in a hotel room in Pasadena, Calif., the plea agreement says. There, he gave Reid, described by federal drug agents as the leader of the operation that brought to the Roaring Fork Valley multiple kilos of the drug, approximately $38,000, Korver wrote.
Reid then bought two kilos from California resident Alfonso Elvao-Allocati, 71, in the hotel’s parking garage, returned to the room and gave one to Buchanan, according to the plea agreement..." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"..A Los Angeles resident who gave $38,000 to an Aspen man for a kilo of cocaine in 2010 pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Denver.
Arrested in May in connection with a Los Angeles-to-Aspen trafficking ring, Anthony Buchanan, 67, is one of seven people, including five Aspen-area residents, who have reached a plea agreement in the case.
Federal prosecutor Michele Korver will recommend that Buchanan, who pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, be sentenced to 18 months of home detention and three years of probation. A conspiracy charge was dropped in the plea deal, according to court documents.
On Sept. 24, 2010, Buchanan met Wayne Reid, of Aspen, in a hotel room in Pasadena, Calif., the plea agreement says. There, he gave Reid, described by federal drug agents as the leader of the operation that brought to the Roaring Fork Valley multiple kilos of the drug, approximately $38,000, Korver wrote.
Reid then bought two kilos from California resident Alfonso Elvao-Allocati, 71, in the hotel’s parking garage, returned to the room and gave one to Buchanan, according to the plea agreement..." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
July 30, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "ZG: There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear"
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