Local News in Brief : Brother of Drug Ring Leader Receives Fine
The brother of the head of a Long Beach drug distribution ring was sentenced Monday to probation and a $20,000 fine for understating income in tax returns.
Willie C. Fuller was also ordered by U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima to perform 1,000 hours of community service.
Fuller’s brother, Cecil, and nephew, Darren Ray Fuller, both of Long Beach, are scheduled to be sentenced Monday for multiple convictions of drug trafficking in cocaine, heroin and phencyclidine, and for tax violations. Each faces a possible sentence of life in prison.
Willie Fuller pleaded guilty to failing to declare $88,000 in income in 1985 and 1986. The income was from rental properties, according to Assistant U.S. Atty. Enrique Romero. The charges against Willie Fuller stemmed from an Internal Revenue Service investigation of illicit profits generated by the Fuller drug ring, Romero said.
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