"At 79, drug trafficker may still be in business; Convicted in 1980s, ‘everyday guy’ is now accused of running lucrative ring" by Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff November 22, 2014
Marshall Dion’s criminal exploits read like a Hollywood script, a story of an intrepid drug trafficker who crashed a plane in Wisconsin three decades ago and crawled away from the scene, later denying the thousands of dollars that had floated through the air were his.
It very well maybe considering some of the staged and scripted productions served up to us by ma$$ media.
More recently, he was caught racing through Kansas with nearly $1 million stashed inside a beat-up pickup truck, a discovery that would lead authorities to find another $14 million in drug profits and 400 pounds of marijuana. As a result of that episode, Dion is facing federal charges in Boston, where he appeared in court this week as his lawyer tried to have the evidence against him thrown out.
Few, including the police officer who stopped him in Kansas last year, could predict that Dion would be accused of running such a sophisticated — and lucrative — drug trafficking ring....
The government hates competition.
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UPDATE: Octogenarian marijuana kingpin’s sentencing postponed
