A Georgia man who was caught red-handed as he sailed a drug-laden charter boat into a private marina in Point Clear last year will spend almost 5½ months in prison, a federal judge in Mobile ruled this afternoon. Gary Stephen Krist, 61, pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to import cocaine and bringing illegal aliens into the country. Chief U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade gave him a lighter sentence at the request of prosecutors, who said the defendant has provided “substantial assistance” to law enforcement investigators on the case. Krist’s stepson, who was waiting on the dock to unload the...
