U.S. Attorney's Office on Wednesday announced the 151-month sentence for 28-year-old Kenneth Watkins.Watkins was convicted in August on both counts of a cocaine-related indictment. He was charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.Prosecutors say Watkins, known as "DJ Blaze and "DJ Hog Head Cheese," and 37-year-old Steven Alexander Aaron were stopped April 22 in Taylor County.A search of a Range Rover, behind hauled by the two men, turned up six bricks of cocaine in a backpack. Prosecutors say Watkins hid the backpack, with $3 million in cocaine, in the Range Rover being transported from Phoenix to Atlanta.Watkins was sentenced Monday.Aaron, who was driving, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and was sentenced to 188 months in prison.
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