2 OF 3 MEN SENTENCED IN COCAINE RACKET GET LIFE

Two Jupiter men were sentenced to life in federal prison Thursday for
their roles in a countywide cocaine distribution ring.

Their supplier, a Boynton Beach man, was sentenced to 20 years.

Winfred Lorenzo Hunt, 33, and Leonard Allen, Jr., 31, sold the
narcotic from Delray Beach to Jupiter, with Hunt dealing about 2
kilograms of crack cocaine and a kilogram of powder cocaine a week,
according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Carlton Potts, 41, supplied Hunt with 2 to 3 kilograms of powder
cocaine a week for more than 10 months. Hunt then turned the cocaine
into crack cocaine and sold it on the streets of Delray Beach, officials said.

They were arrested along with 35 others in May in a massive sweep
that included 450 officers from the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and the Boynton
Beach, Delray Beach and Jupiter police departments.

Sixteen of those arrested are serving sentences ranging from two to
10 years, officials said.

Operation Magnum Force, the investigation leading to their
convictions, spanned a year.

Hunt, considered a ringleader, had been arrested more than 25 times,
according to Florida Department of Law Enforcement records. He was
charged with several violent crimes, including shooting a 17-year-old
in the abdomen, according to police records.

Allen had three prior convictions for selling cocaine, records show.

Potts' record includes 30 arrests on charges such as burglary,
battery, drug sales and attempted murder.

"The investigation was in response to a community outcry for help,"
Delray Beach police Lt. Tommy Mitchell said. "It was a community
effort involving law enforcement and the neighborhoods in which the
drugs were being distributed."