Wilmington crack dealer sentenced to 35 years

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A Wilmington crack dealer will spend decades behind bars. A federal judge sentenced Rushaun Necko Parker to 35 years in prison.

A jury convicted Parker back in March for several drug and weapons charges stemming from a January 2010 arrest.

Prosecutors say Parker had made crack cocaine and distributed more than five kilograms of it in eastern North Carolina.