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GavelCourtSACRAMENTO —

A 37-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 15 years and eight months behind bars, as well as fined $250,000, for orchestrating the distribution of at least 100 kilograms of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute at least 100 kilograms of marijuana.

William Brock, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., was sentenced in a hearing proceeded by Chief United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr., who stated the distribution scheme was the largest and most advanced he has seen in his 18 years in federal and state judiciary work.

Brock was convicted by a jury in Sacramento on November 6, 2013.

According to the testimony at the trial, Brock rented a warehouse in North Highlands, Calif. Deputies from the Will County Sheriff’s Department in Illinois placed a GPS tracking device on Brock’s car, but Brock noticed it and switched cars. Block arrived at the warehouse in a minivan owned by a man named William Calvert.

Inside Calvert’s van police found 45 cardboard boxes full of bags containing over 200 combined pounds of processed marijuana. Inside the warehouse, officers found more boxes with more than 300 more pounds of marijuana.

While this was happening, Will County Sheriff’s deputies searched Brock’s house and storage unit in Illinois. The officers found more marijuana and more than $1 million in silver bullion and gold and siver coins, as well as $150,000 in cash.

Ruben Dominguez filed this report.