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Feds Seek 33 More Months for Taxstone Over MDC Brooklyn Smuggling Plot

Prosecutors cite surveillance video plus phone recordings to argue he directed a failed rope drop at the Brooklyn jail.

Overview

  • Federal prosecutors asked a judge to add 33 months to Daryl “Taxstone” Campbell’s 35-year term, with sentencing set for April 29.
  • His attorney requested a 25–30 month sentence to run at the same time as his current term, which would mean no extra prison time.
  • Court filings say Campbell used a contraband cellphone to send voice notes with step-by-step directions on parking, rope length, and timing.
  • Surveillance video shows inmates trying to haul a 50-foot line through a fourth-floor window, and officers later recovered synthetic cannabis, more than 100 buprenorphine strips, about 27 bags of marijuana, over 400 cigarettes, two lighters, a scalpel, and a charging cord.
  • Campbell pled guilty last September to a federal contraband conspiracy, and co-defendants also pled guilty with sentences ranging from roughly 2.5 years to more than 11 years.