Former Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison | Crime

Former Jacksonville Sheriff's officer, Carl Kohn was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in federal prison and a 5-year term of supervised release for attempting to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine.

Kohn, has been in custody in connection with this case since April 2010. Kohn pled guilty on July 30, 2010.

According to court documents, in January 2010, Kohn approached an individual in an attempt to purchase two kilograms of powder cocaine for distribution in Jacksonville.
After Kohn made several unsuccessful attempts to collect money for the cocaine purchase, he offered to transport cocaine in exchange for payment.

On March 25, 2010, Kohn began planning and coordinating, with a cooperating individual, the transportation of 5 kilograms of cocaine from Daytona to Jacksonville for payment. The cooperating individual and Kohn agreed that Kohn would be paid $500 per kilogram for a total of $2,500 for his transportation services in this transaction.

According to court documents, on April 19, 2010, Kohn began negotiating with an additional cooperating individual to pickup and transport 10 kilograms of cocaine, in exchange for payment. After subsequent investigation and facilitation of the transactions, Kohn was arrested.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.