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Published - Friday, May 02, 2008
Drug dealer gets long prison term
A Chicago man convicted of selling large amounts of cocaine in Winona last fall was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison.
Carl Dickalo Gipson, 33, was also ordered to repay $375 to law enforcement for the cost of his prosecution. Gipson received credit for 129 days served since his arrest in Chicago on Dec. 24, 2007, and will be eligible for parole in December 2013.
Gipson accepted responsibility for his crimes as he apologized to the court.
“I apologize to the community at large: Winona, Chicago and Wisconsin for the crimes I committed,” he said. “I am ready to move on with my life.”
As a suspect in last fall’s Operation Watchful Neighborhoods drug bust, Gipson was charged with eight felony counts of selling cocaine.
He pleaded guilty to one count, admitting he sold 7.03 grams of cocaine to a police informant for $250 on Sept. 12, 2007. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors dropped the remaining charges.
Gipson was previously convicted of selling cocaine in Winona in 2005.
He served a 2½ year prison sentence.
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