ST. LOUIS • A federal jury on Wednesday found a St. Louis County man guilty of two drug-related crimes for leading a drug conspiracy that brought more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana to St. Louis and Boston.

On the eighth day of the trial and after less than three hours of deliberations, jurors found Thomas G. “Tommy” Anderson Jr., 31, guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

He faces 10 years to life in prison at his sentencing, currently scheduled for Nov. 21.

Prosecutors say that Anderson led a conspiracy that bought marijuana in California. His co-conspirators shipped it, drove it or flew it to St. Louis and Boston.

Anderson was indicted along with 10 others, in 2014.

Anderson lawyer Justin Gelfand, in closing arguments Wednesday, said that Anderson was not the kingpin portrayed by prosecutors, but a patsy blamed by co-defendants and others in a bid for leniency from prosecutors. He also said their stories were unsupported by physical evidence.

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