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Anything For A Buck Defendant Gets 25 Years Prison Term
September 20, 2013
An Escambia County man has been sentenced to the minimum mandatory for drug trafficking.
Erick Anthony Fluker was sentenced to 25 years in state prison for trafficking in hydrocodone. He was arrested as part of the “Operation Anything for A Buck”, an eight month undercover operation between the ATF, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the First Circuit State Attorney’s Office and other law enforcement agencies.
The operation recovered over 270 firearms, as well as drugs and stolen property ranging from jewelry, tools, cameras, and other electronic devices. A total of 75 people were arrested in connection with the operation.
Fluker also pleaded guilty to four other trafficking cases that were in connection Anything for a Buck. He received additional prison sentences to be served concurrently with the 25-year sentence.
On July 22, 2011, Erick Fluker went into the undercover storefront and sold the undercover officers a trafficking amount of hydrocodone pills, according to prosecutors.
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2 Responses to “Anything For A Buck Defendant Gets 25 Years Prison Term”
What would a trafficking amount be versus a simple possession charge?
Good riddance, plenty more to get the same sentence…