OAKLAND — A 66-year-old man has avoided prison or jail in a case where prosecutors wanted him behind bars for three years for helping run an East Bay “open air drug market,” court records show.
Terry Walker Sr., of Oakland, was sentenced Tuesday to time already served by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Walker pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the sale of crack cocaine, records show. Walker served about five days in jail between his arrest and initial court appearance, where he was released, records show.with running a drug market on the 200 block of Makin Road in East Oakland.
In court records, Walker’s attorney said that Walker intended to plead guilty and take responsibility years ago, but serious health problems prevented it. “He has rejected all rationalizations for his conduct, admitted his wrongdoing openly from the day that he was arrested in Hayward, California, and he has squarely faced the pain and distress he has caused and will cause his family and the general community,” Walker’s attorneys wrote in a sentencing memo. “He is remorseful for what he has done and he is trying to redeem himself.”
Of the other 10 defendants who’ve pleaded guilty, one other has been given no additional jail time. The remainder have been given prison sentences ranging from 20 months to 10 years, court records show.