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Minneapolis Man Convicted Of Selling Heroin In North Dakota

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A May sentencing is scheduled for a Minneapolis man found guilty on a federal charge of distributing heroin.

U. S. Attorney for North Dakota Christopher Myers says 32-year-old Michael Antwain Modisett was found guilty following a five-day trial for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin.

Myers says that between 2012 and 2014, Modisette and his associates delivered large amounts of heroin — in excess of 1000 grams — to the Fargo-Moorhead area.

Sentencing is scheduled for May 18 in U. S. District Court in Fargo.

The case was investigated by the Fargo Police Department, the Moorhead Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Agency Task Force.

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