A 33-year-old man was sentenced to a decade in federal prison on Friday for dealing crack out of his Ballard Apartment. According to the Seattle911 blog, police found more than four and a half pounds of the drug in his apartment in the 6700 block of 24th Ave NW back in April. In September, Hector Castellanos-Cerrato pleaded guilty to dealing cocaine and has now received the mandatory minimum sentence. This isn’t the first time Castellanos-Cerrato has been accused of dealing drugs. He “previously faced drug distribution charges in King County, but fled to his native Honduras to avoid prosecution. Prosecutors contend he returned illegally to the U.S. and resumed drug trafficking,” the blog states. On Friday, the District Judge Richard A. Jones had these words for Castellanos-Cerrato, “When you return back to your country, please tell others who are thinking about the desire to come here, with the opportunity to sell illegal drugs, thinking this is a way to obtain a lavish lifestyle – let them know, there are grave consequences they face.” (Thanks Silver!)
