OAKLAND — For years, federal prosecutors say the 200 block of Makin Road here served as a one-stop shop for illegal wares, until narco agents got wind of what was going on.
On July 1, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers signed a minute order sentencing 50-year-old Daniel James to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release. James was set to go to trial but instead pleaded no contest this year to 11 federal offenses, including conspiracy, crack sales, illegal firearms dealing, and possessing guns with obliterated serial numbers.
The order says James must report to prison by Aug. 2. His suspected couriers have also pleaded guilty in the same case and received sentences ranging from multi-year prison terms to no jail whatsoever, court records show.