SANTA ANA, Calif. (KNX) – An Orange County man was sentenced to 188 months, just over 15 years, in prison for selling methamphetamine while on supervised released, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
A judge sentenced 45-year-old Ahmed Binyamin Alasiri, who also goes by Kevin Lamar James, to an additional 24 months in federal prison, which will “run concurrently” with the 188-month sentencing.
Officials said one year after Alasiri finished a 16-year prison sentence for a 2009 terrorism conviction, he sold meth on three occasions between July to August 2020.
The total weight of meth he sold was 3.8 pounds, officials said.
“[Alasiri] was industrious and obtained legitimate full-time employment, yet he did not hesitate to traffic in drugs to earn income,” prosecutors said.
“He valued his personal short-term goals over respect for the law, the societal and individual damage caused by narcotics, and the risk of arrest for drug trafficking.”
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