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Winchester Man Gets 72 Months in Prison for Dealing Ecstasy

June 27, 2022

HARRISONBURG, Va. – Lamont Antoine Parson, 40, pled guilty in November 2021 to dealing ecstasy, and this week, he received a 72-month federal prison sentence for his conviction.

Beginning in January 2020, the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force conducted multiple controlled drug buys from Parson and his uncle, Gregory McKinley Frye. On February 6, 2020, law enforcement obtained and executed a search warrant at the Winchester, Virginia apartment occupied by Frye and Parson and recovered over three kilograms of Eutylone, a 9mm pistol, and a digital scale.

Jeff Jones

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