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Man Sentenced After Using Own Private Jet To Distribute Pot From Fairfield County, Feds Say Man Sentenced After Using Own Private Jet To Distribute Pot From Fairfield County, Feds Say
Man Sentenced After Using Own Private Jet To Distribute Pot From Fairfield County, Feds Say A Connecticut man will spend time behind bars for his role in a large-scale marijuana trafficking conspiracy that saw his co-conspirators making regular flights from Fairfield County to California on a private jet to bring the drugs to the area. Robert Capelli, 34, of Milford, was sentenced in New Haven to 95 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release after being found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more or marijuana. Capelli was found not guilty of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and …
Three Admit To Involvement In Large-Scale Marijuana Trafficking Operation Three Admit To Involvement In Large-Scale Marijuana Trafficking Operation
Three Admit To Involvement In Large-Scale Marijuana Trafficking Operation Three men have admitted to their roles in an elaborate, bi-coastal, multi-million dollar marijuana trafficking operation that flooded Connecticut with nearly two tons of the drug. Scott “Pep” Bodnar, of Ansonia, Terrell Givens, of Beacon Falls, and Donald Burns, of Milford, have pleaded guilty to federal offenses in connection to a large-scale marijuana trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced this week. In 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration launched an investigation into a single-engine aircraft, owned by Burns, that made regular flights from Stratford to northern…