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Cocaine Kingpin Gets 10 Years For Capital Region Trafficking Scheme Cocaine Kingpin Gets 10 Years For Capital Region Trafficking Scheme
Cocaine Kingpin Gets 10 Years For Capital Region Trafficking Scheme 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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Capital District Father, Son Indicted For Cocaine Conspiracy Capital District Father, Son Indicted For Cocaine Conspiracy
Capital District Father, Son 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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by Michael Mashburn