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A sizable drug bust in Kodiak from April 2014 has resulted in a Washington State man being sentenced Thursday to federal prison.
Forty-five-year-old Eric McDaniel pleaded guilty in December to one count of trafficking narcotics, according to U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler.
Though he had numerous prior felony drug convictions from out of state, McDaniel was sentenced to only 10 years by US District Court Judge Ralph Beistline.
According to a press release at the time of the arrest, the Kodiak Police Department had watched McDaniel for four months as he established his drug distribution business in Kodiak. He was finally busted in room 110 of the Russian Heritage Inn, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder, was found with 1.3-pounds of meth and 46 grams of heroin.
