Leroy Carr, 47, of Federal Way, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 14 years in prison

Leroy Carr, 47, of Federal Way, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 14 years in prison and five years of supervised release for Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute.On August 7, 2007, Carr contacted ICE agents at the border claiming that he had stashed 31 kilograms of cocaine in two blue backpacks near the border. Carr indicated the drugs were hidden in the brush near the entrance to a boy scout camp. Carr said he stashed the drugs August 3rd, and when he returned on August 4th, they were gone. CARR wanted the ICE agents to put out a press release saying the government had seized the drugs, so that the organized criminal group he works for would not retaliate against him for stealing the drugs. Two weeks later, on August 21, 2007, a Boy Scout Ranger called the Northwest Regional Drug Task Force and reported two blue backpacks he had just found near the entrance to a Boy Scout camp that appeared to contain cocaine. The backpacks were dry and in good shape. Tests showed they contained 31 kilograms of cocaine.At trial Carr testified falsely, trying to claim he never possessed the drugs and didn’t really know where they were, even though he had specifically described the location to the ICE agents and even drew them a map.