Dublin Man Receives 10-Year Drug Trafficking Sentence

DUBLIN, CA -- An area man has been sentenced by a judge to 10 years in prison following pleading guilty to felony drug possession, according to the U.S Attorney's Office.

Dublin resident Marques Romale McCutcheon was sentenced on March 27 to 120 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney David L. Anderson and FBI Special Agent John F. Bennett said. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

McCutcheon, 39, pleaded guilty to the charge on October 22, 2018. According to his plea agreement, McCutcheon admitted that on May 18, 2017, he possessed about 83 grams of crack cocaine. The cocaine was divided into 12 small plastic bags McCutcheon intended to sell.

McCutcheon was arrested after police observed a transaction involving the sale of crack cocaine from a car McCutcheon was in while the car was parked at an Oakland liquor store. McCutcheon admitted in his plea agreement that he had $887 in cash on his person at the time of his arrest, and that the cash was proceeds of narcotics trafficking. McCutcheon also admitted that he had previously been convicted of a violent felony and a drug trafficking felony.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Gilliam ordered McCutcheon to serve a five-year term of supervised release beginning at the end of his prison term.