ORLANDO, FLORIDA - A judge sentenced a Daytona Beach man to life in prison for selling up to 2,200 pounds of crack cocaine as part of the largest cocaine distribution network to operate in Volusia County. <br>
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Patrick Torrence, 31, had pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Orlando to drug trafficking for his role in a drug ring that sold $54 million worth of cocaine in Central Florida, Alabama and Georgia from 1999 until June 2001. <br>
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Torrence had worked for Bassil James Rhoden, a Daytona Beach-based cocaine distributor who was arrested in 1999. Torrence took over the organization days after Rhoden's arrest, increased the cocaine supply in the area and created a distribution network that spanned Volusia County, police said. <br>
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Before his arrest, Torrence once taunted police, saying ``you don't have the time or money to get me,'' police said. <br>
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At least 17 others have been charged in the case. <br>
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Also Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John Antoon II also sentenced Emory Tellis, 32, to 17 years; Ronald Jordan, 27, to 12 years; Antrel Jones, 23, to 11 years; Damian Anderson, 23, to eight years; Sean Murphy, 32, to eight years; Arthur Tellis, 28, to eight years; Doyle Elam, 27, to six years; Gary James, 27, to six years; Alex Whittley, 28, to six years, and Randy Christian, 29, to two years.
