A federal judge in Kansas City, Kansas sentenced a drug trafficker to more than 36 years in federal prison. Prosecutors say Mark Brooks, 34, tried to take over the neighborhood around 20th Street and Longwood Avenue, where he and others distributed more than $4 million worth of cocaine.

He was one of 17 defendants indicted as a result of Operation Camera Shy, a federal probe involving undercover buyers and electronic surveillance.

Brooks was convicted in a jury trial on one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine and more than 280 grams of crack cocaine; one count of conspiracy to maintain a residence at 2632 N. 20th Street in furtherance of drug trafficking; and one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of Northwest Middle School.