This photo shows the One Waterfront Towers apartment complex Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Honolulu. Three men were sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to 15 years for a case involving 3 pounds of crystal meth thrown from a 15th floor balcony of one of the apartments in the complex. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher) (The Associated Press)
HONOLULU – When federal agents with a warrant arrived at a luxury Honolulu apartment in 2012, agents watching from the ground saw men throwing crystal meth over the 15th-floor balcony.
Court documents reveal details about the dramatic arrest that ended with about 3 pounds of meth blanketing the sidewalk. A pound of the drug sells for about $20,000 in Honolulu — double what it goes for on the mainland.
The three men in the apartment were charged with being part of a drug trafficking ring and later accepted plea deals.
Claude Sorrells was the last to be sentenced, getting a 15-year prison term Thursday. Last year, Linton Nicholson received a sentence of more than nine years, and Thomas Jackson got five years.
Court documents say the meth was smuggled from California.
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