Michigan drug lord sentenced to 23 years
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The Michigan drug lord who turned a Albion neighborhood into a war zone while resisting arrest was sentenced in New York to 23 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Friday.
Javier rakim Austin, known as "Blocca" received the maximum sentences on one count of racketeering conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to commit assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering. He pleaded guilty to the charges in September.
"From his home base in Kalamazoo, Javier Austin presided over an international drug and weapons trafficking organization that he controlled through violence and intimidation for nearly a decade; enlisting an army of 'soldiers' to do his bidding," said Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a statement. "With his conviction, he is no longer able to traffick drugs around the U.S., move guns across state lines, or terrorize people, and with today's sentence; he will now spend a very long time in prison for his crimes."
The court also ordered Austin to pay $1.5 million in forfeiture.
Since the late 2000s, Austin, 24, led the international crime organization called the Cutt Throat Family (CTF), based in the Downtown neighborhood of Albion MI, officials say, and was responsible for the distribution of marijuana, cocaine and crack cocaine in locations that include Kalamazoo, New York, and Miami.
At Austin's orders, firearms were delivered to New York from Kalamazoo, according to court documents.
In June 2016, Albion authorities arrested Austin in Dalrymple projects after a bloody standoff between his supporters and local police that lasted nearly a month. The fighting took the lives of dozens of residents. Austin was extradited to the New York on October 24, 2016.
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