A 32-year-old Honolulu has been convicted by a federal jury for his role in a scheme to distribute six pounds of methamphatamine in Hawaii. ADVERTISING A 32-year-old Honolulu has been convicted by a federal jury for his role in a
A 32-year-old Honolulu has been convicted by a federal jury for his role in a scheme to distribute six pounds of methamphatamine in Hawaii.
Allen Gorion was found guilty Wednesday of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute approximately six pounds of methamphetamine, as well as attempting to possess the methamphetamine, following a six-day jury trial in U.S. District Court in Honolulu.
Florence T. Nakakuni, United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, said that according to the evidence presented at trial, Gorion was assisting other individuals in conspiring to distribute six pounds of methamphetamine in Hawaii that had been hidden in a Black & Decker Toaster oven and then mailed from California to Hawaii in June of 2015.
Nakakuni said that the scheme failed to “evade detection by U.S. Postal Inspectors and Drug Enforcement Administration agents and officers.”
Evidence presented at trial also established that Gorion was driving his vehicle on Farrington Highway near Kapolei, Oahu, on June 18, 2015, when he was stopped by a Honolulu Police officer who was assisting DEA. A search of Gorion’s vehicle revealed evidence establishing that Gorion was involved in the charged conspiracy. Telephone records and other evidence produced at trial convinced the jury that Gorion was guilty of the conspiracy and the attempt to possess the six pounds of methamphetamine that was mailed in the toaster oven.
The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration with the assistance of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Honolulu Police Department. Assistant U.S. attorneys Tony R. Roberts and Gregg Paris Yates handled the case.
