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Pedro Reyes-Sevilla, 32, pleaded guilty on Friday, Feb. 16 to possession of five ounces or more of cocaine with intent to distribute. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced the guilty plea in a news release on Wednesday, Feb. 21.
Agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, Lakewood police officers, and investigators from Union and Ocean counties conducted a two-week-long investigation in January 2021. Investigators said Reyes-Sevilla was distributing cocaine throughout Ocean County.
Detectives began surveillance on Reyes-Sevilla on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. They saw him travel from Elizabeth to Ocean County and police stopped him in Lakewood.
Officers searched Reyes-Sevilla's vehicle and arrested him after finding more than a kilogram of cocaine inside of it. He was brought to the Ocean County Jail and released on bail.
Reyes-Sevilla was arrested again on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, in Union County on unrelated charges. He has been held in the Union County Jail since that arrest.
Prosecutors said they were seeking a sentence of ten years in state prison for Reyes-Sevilla and his sentencing was scheduled for Friday, Apr. 12.
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