‘Cheating’ Drug Dealer Gets Lighter Sentence

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A convicted cocaine dealer apparently cheated undercover police officers in a drug deal, and ended up with a lighter prison sentence.

Ramon Leon of Grand Rapids would have faced a mandatory 20 years in prison if he had sold eight ounces of cocaine to the policemen. But the officers later discovered they had bought only 7.8 ounces. Leon, 28, was sentenced Thursday to 13 to 20 years in prison.

“He shorted us,” Kent County Assistant Prosecutor Ellwyn Bloemers said. “That’s not unusual to have that happen to us. When we buy two ounces, it should be 56 grams, but we come back with 49 frequently. He’s very slick; he’s very polished.”