On Tuesday, Senior U.S. District Court Judge James K. Singleton sentenced Duane Byron Fields, a.k.a. “Fat Daddy,” “Fats,” 40, of Anchorage, Alaska, to 180 months in prison for each count of conviction and imposed an enhanced term of 180 months of supervised release.

Fields was found guilty on July 27th by an Anchorage jury on charges of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, a quantity of cocaine base, and a quantity of heroin, as well as two counts of distribution of cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute the same.

According to court documents, Fields was dealing the drugs from a Penland Park trailer in Anchorage.

On two occasions, Fields used his little sister Chantrelle Bingham and his uncle Everette Haynes to deliver drugs for him. Both were convicted for those offenses. Haynes was sentenced to 22 months in prison on October 1st.

When a search warrant was executed at the Penland Park trailer, Anchorage Police officers found, in a bedroom, the remnants of a cocaine brick(a cocaine brick is the equilalent of 1,000 grams) along with a firearm that had been reported stolen just two days before. Officers also found bags of heroin and cocaine scattered around the trailer. Fields also was found to have hiddeen large amounts of drugs in his underwear.

Because of Field’s extensive criminal history that included a violent assault case during which Fields shot a man in the head and a federal conviction for drug trafficking, Assistant United States Attorney Stephan Collins urged Judge Singleton to impose more than the mandatory minimum sentence firearm possession during a drug crime of 10 years and more than 8 years of supervised release.

The Judge determined that the nature and frequency of Field’s past crimes, and his failure to abide by previous terms of probation and supervised release merited imposing on Fields more than the minimum sentence. Judge Singleton sentenced Fields to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervision following his release. There is no parole in a Federal Prison.

The case was investigated by the Anchorage Police Department-Special Assignment Unit;the Federal Bureau of Investigations-Safe Streets Unit; and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.