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Cocaine Kingpin Gets 10 Years For Trafficking Scheme In Region Cocaine Kingpin Gets 10 Years For Trafficking Scheme In Region
Cocaine Kingpin Gets 10 Years For Trafficking Scheme In Region A 29-year-old man will spend years in federal prison for leading a cocaine trafficking ring that saw bricks of the drug pour into the region from Puerto Rico. Rensselaer County resident Jan Lopez-Colon, age 29, of Troy, was given a 10-year sentence in federal court in Albany on Monday, Aug. 22. It came after he admitted to working with three others to have over 11 pounds of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico to the Capital Region between June and December 2021, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District. The drugs were sent through the US postal system in 1-kilogram brick…

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Father, Son From Region Indicted For Cocaine Conspiracy Father, Son From Region Indicted For Cocaine Conspiracy
Father, Son From Region Indicted For Cocaine Conspiracy A father and son from the Capital District are facing years in prison for allegedly trafficking in cocaine. Jeffrey Civitello Sr., age 50, and Jeffrey Civitello Jr., age 22, both of Schenectady, were indicted on federal charges of trafficking kilograms of cocaine, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the North District. Federal prosecutors claim the duo worked with others to traffic more than 5 kilograms of the drug to Schenectady in March and April 2021. If convicted, they each face between 10 years and life in prison. Prosecutors are also seeking a monetary judgment against the Civi…

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Mexican National Sentenced After I-84 Stop Leads To Discovery Of Cocaine Mexican National Sentenced After I-84 Stop Leads To Discovery Of Cocaine
Mexican National Sentenced After I-84 Stop Leads To Discovery Of Cocaine A Mexican national who has previously been deported from the United States is going to spend the next five years behind bars after pleading guilty to trafficking nearly five kilograms of cocaine in an around Fairfield County. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced on Monday that 44-year-old Luis Palacios Ortiz, who is a citizen of Mexico has been sentenced to 60 months in prison, following by 10 years of supervised released for drug and immigration offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, on Feb. 13, 2017, Connecticut S…

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by Zak Failla
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Seven Charged With Narcotics Trafficking In Area Seven Charged With Narcotics Trafficking In Area
Seven Charged With Narcotics Trafficking In Area Seven alleged drug traffickers are facing decades to life in prison after being indicted in White Plains federal court for their roles in pushing cocaine in Orange County. Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing of an indictment charging seven people with trafficking more than five kilograms of cocaine in Newburgh. According to the federal complaint, beginning last year, through the beginning of last month, Edwin “Eddy” Guerrier, Carlos Fabian and Fernando Ferrer conspired to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine as…

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Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine
Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine A Hudson Valley man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine out of a Fairfield County hotel. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Stony Point resident Dominick Pacifico, 34, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release after pleading guilty to individual counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and distribution of more than 500 grams of cocaine. Durham said that in May last year, DEA officers from the Bridgeport Hig…

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by Zak Failla