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Man Gets 15 Years For Meth Sales

From Staff Reports

A man who is a “career offender” will spend more than 15 years in a federal prison for selling methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of an east Spokane school.

Jerry Dunn, 35, was convicted by a jury in May 1994 of two federal firearms violations, including possessing a weapon with an obliterated serial number.

A week after that conviction, Dunn pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of Pratt Elementary, E6903 Fourth.

His sentencing was postponed until March 10 when U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle imposed a sentence of 15 years and eight months for the drug charge.

A 10-year term for the firearms charge will be served concurrently.

The judge ruled that Dunn’s criminal record qualifies him as a career offender, enhancing his prison term.

When Dunn was arrested in January 1994, authorities described him as one of the largest suppliers of methamphetamine in the Spokane Valley.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Rice said Dunn has six previous convictions, including manufacturing methamphetamines in his home state of Texas.

Deputies went to Dunn’s house at E6912 Second, near Pratt Elementary, to serve a warrant after he and George M. Kelly fired shots at each other from cars in August 1993. Neither man was hit in the gun battle.