Moss Point gang leader heads to prison for drug trafficking
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a leader of the Bloods street gang in Moss Point has been sentenced for trafficking marijuana, crack and powder cocaine in his hometown.
The Sun Herald Reports Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. sentenced 36-year-old Melvin Summers to 12 years in prison followed by two years of supervised release on trafficking and firearms charges.
Mike Hines, a Pascagoula police officer assigned to the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, said Summers had been under investigation since March 2012 after a confidential informant told agents Summers had been dealing large amounts of drugs from a home he rented. Hines said Summers used the home strictly for his drug business.
Hines testified that Summers carried a submachine gun when he was dealing drugs.
