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TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Lake County man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trafficking narcotics. Desmond Gordon was charged with three counts of trafficking 400 or more grams of cocaine, trafficking more than 25 pounds of marijuana, and dealing in stolen property. He was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, which also prosecuted 41 other members of a drug trafficking ring in Central Florida.

Gordon was one of the ring’s leader and his involvement in the organization was discovered through court-authorized wiretaps and undercover surveillance. The investigation was conducted by the Lake Net Task Force, which included the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Office of Statewide Prosecution. Those arrested included all the major players in the criminal operation, from the suppliers down to the street dealers.

In addition to his prison sentence, Gordon, 29, forfeited six vehicles, several trailers and numerous sets of expensive car accessories. The plea was accepted by Circuit Judge G. Richard Singeltary. The majority of the defendants have already entered pleas and were sentenced; two remaining co-conspirators are awaiting trial.