Flushing man faces prison for drugs, guns
The suspect is sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty, according to DA
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BY BILL PARRY
A Flushing man who was
caught in an undercover sting
operation is heading to prison
for nearly a decade.
Queens District Attorney
Melinda Katz announced Friday,
July 30, that Chris Lee, 30,
of Sanford Avenue, has been
sentenced to nine years in prison
after pleading guilty to possessing
a gun and selling illegal
narcotics.
Lee was caught carrying a
firearm and was observed during
a long-term investigation
selling both guns and drugs between
August 2019 and January
2020.According to the charges,
during the investigation Lee
sold three firearms to a buyer
who was an undercover detective.
Lee exchanged a defaced
.38 revolver, a 380 semiautomatic
pistol with a laser aiming device
and a 9mm semiautomatic
pistol for cash. He also sold more
than 100 rounds of ammunition.
During the course of the
investigation, according to the
charges, Lee also sold cocaine
and methamphetamine to a
buyer, who was also an undercover
law enforcement officer.
Lee pleaded guilty in May to
two counts of criminal possession
of a weapon in the third degree
and criminal sale of a controlled
substance in the third
degree.
Queens Supreme Court Justice
John Zoll sentenced Lee
to nine years in prison, to be
followed by three years’ postrelease
supervision.
“There is likely no deadlier
combination, illegal guns and
drugs, that puts our neighbors
and children at grave risk,”
Katz said. “This defendant
pleaded guilty and has now
been sentenced by the court. Every
single illegal firearm in the
borough of Queens is a potential
tragedy. My office will continue
to do everything possible to stop
the bloodshed and the poison of
drugs from circulating within
our communities.”
Reach reporter Bill Parry
by e-mail at bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at
(718) 260–4538. Photo via Getty Images
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