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Man Sentenced In Jersey Shore Cocaine-Dealing Ring Man Sentenced In Jersey Shore Cocaine-Dealing Ring
Man Sentenced In Jersey Shore Cocaine-Dealing Ring A Monmouth County man will spend several years in prison after he was part of a cocaine-selling network throughout New Jersey, authorities said. Mark Capichana, 56, of Keyport, was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 2 to 14 years in prison, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced. Capichana received two seven-year sentences that will run consecutively after entering a guilty plea. Capichana was arrested as part of "Operation Checkmate," an investigation between June and October 2021. The operation targeted "high-level cocaine distribution" in Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties,…

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by Chris Spiker
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'Operation Checkmate' Yields Another Cocaine Conviction On Jersey Shore 'Operation Checkmate' Yields Another Cocaine Conviction On Jersey Shore
'Operation Checkmate' Yields Another Cocaine Conviction On Jersey Shore A 55-year-old man from Keyport admitted to his role in a cocaine-dealing ring, authorities said. Mark Capichana pleaded guilty to selling cocaine on Tuesday, March 14, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.  Capichana was arrested as part of “Operation Checkmate,” a four-month-long cooperative, multi-jurisdictional investigation of cocaine sold in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties as well as New York City. On Oct. 26, 2021, detectives made warranted searches at Capichana’s residence in Keyport and a business operated by Capichana, also located i…

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by Jon Craig