According to federal agents, they observed Mr. Fontana land this plane at Falcon Field on August 29, 2009. He and two passengers, (co-defendants who later entered guilty pleas), exited the plane carrying several bags. The agents followed the men to local hotels. Later, one of the co-defendants was arrested after a high-speed car chase. The agents recovered hundreds of kilos of cocaine in his vehicle. All of the men were indicted on conspiracy charges and one was charged with a weapons offense.
Mr. Fontana maintained his innocence and several character witnesses testified that he was an honest business man and a family man with high moral standands. Although the government argued that he "turned a blind eye" to the conduct of his co-defendants, including the fact that he was paid in large sums of cash for his services, he was exonerated by a Newnan jury following 1 1/2 hours of deliberation.
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-RCS
