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Dubuque Man Sentenced On Federal Drug Charges

GAVEL COURT

A Dubuque man has been sentenced to federal prison time for distributing cocaine in Dubuque.

On Friday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids, 40-year old Sylvester Durrah was handed a sentence of more than 18 years behind bars.

Durrah pled guilty to selling at least five kilograms of cocaine in Dubuque between 2017 and April 2021 within 1,000 feet of various parks and schools.