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DETROIT (AP) - A drug gang leader accused of ordering the killings of two rivals pleaded guilty to federal drug charges and promised to help investigators, a deal likely to spare him the possibility of a death sentence, the Justice Department said.
Prosecutors will recommend a 30-year sentence for Milton Jones, U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Murphy's office said Thursday. Sentencing guidelines would have called for life imprisonment, prosecutors said.
Jones was among 14 people indicted in Detroit in 2001 on charges of selling heroin, cocaine and marijuana during the 1990s. Authorities say the Detroit gang engaged in robberies, kidnappings and murders of rival drug traffickers.
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