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Crawford sentenced to 58 months

By Lori EhdeLuverne’s Oliver Crawford was sentenced Friday in Rock County District Court for his role in the Thanksgiving meth arrests in 2002.Crawford, 49, is already serving a prison sentence for the Harvey’s Trading Post burglary on Dec. 21, 2001.In Friday’s sentence hearing, he was ordered to serve 58 months for the drug conviction.In a two-day trial Sept. 3 and 4, a jury found Crawford guilty of aiding the sale of a controlled substance (meth), offering to sell a controlled substance (crack) and selling marijuana.Crawford is the last of six individuals arrested in November 2002 to be convicted of drug charges.The arrests were the result of local law enforcement and state authorities working with an undercover informant in videotaped drug transactions.

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