Bronx Coke Runner Gets 4 Years

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Jose Baez Cabrera, 35, of the Bronx, is trading street corners for a federal cell after a Pittsburgh judge handed down a 46-month sentence Tuesday for hauling eight kilos of cocaine across Pennsylvania last August. Cabrera was busted while transporting the drugs with the clear intent to supply dealers in Erie, according to court records.

This wasn’t Cabrera’s first rodeo with the law. He was already on probation in New York after pleading guilty in 2021 to possessing a kilo of fentanyl. Seems like a pattern, right? The feds didn’t let him off easy this time.

Chief Judge Cathy Bissoon added three years of supervised release to the sentence, but there’s a catch: it’s contingent on Cabrera *not* getting deported. Immigration issues are looming, and a return to the Bronx isn’t guaranteed.

The bust was a joint effort by the Pennsylvania State Police and the DEA, and the case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Haller. They moved fast, and Cabrera paid the price. Another link in the supply chain severed.