Man gets ‘break’ on sentence for heading drug ring in Rutland

The U.S. District Court and post office building in Rutland. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDiggerRUTLAND — A 27-year-old man from Brooklyn, New York, who Vermont authorities say ran a significant drug-dealing ring in Rutland County has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
During Wednesday’s sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Rutland, Judge Geoffrey Crawford told Joell Joyce he was getting a break and could have been given more than 25 years behind bars under federal guide