A Grand Rapids man was recently sentenced to over five years in prison for first degree drug sales.
According to the release from the Itasca County Attorney’s Office, 32-year-old Donovan Orlando Henry pleaded guilty before being sentenced immediately afterwards.
According to the criminal complaint, the Itasca County Sheriff’s Office worked with a cooperating defendant, who advised that people from Arkansas were bringing methamphetamine and heroin into the county.
Through the investigation about one year ago, law enforcement overheard conversations about a drug dealing scheme where Henry and others would sell the drugs and wire money to different people in Louisiana and Arkansas.
Henry’s apartment in Grand Rapids served as one of the places the drugs were stored.
The cooperating defendant helped law enforcement by wearing a recording device, and conducted controlled buys from Henry and another person, identified as 30-year-old Shakorey Wade.
Last March, law enforcement coordinated across multiple agencies to apprehend Wade, where approximately three ounces of methamphetamine and two ounces of heroin were seized.
Featured photo: Donovan Henry. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
