United States Drug Enforcement Administration

KANSAS CITY, KS - . - Alejandro Ray Williams , 40, of Kansas City, KS, was sentenced on May 11, 2011 in Federal District Court to 235 months in federal prison on charges of distributing crack cocaine.

In January, a jury found Williams guilty on one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and seven counts of distributing crack cocaine. During trial, evidence was presented that from July 1, 2009, to Dec. 30, 2009, Williams distributed crack in the Kansas City metro area. Investigators arranged to purchase crack from Williams eight times. Williams was found to have distributed more than 2 kilograms of crack.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Kansas City, KS, Police Department.