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New York Man Sentenced To 60 Months For Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking
Scranton, PA – A 20-year-old man from the Bronx has been sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, and fentanyl in Pennsylvania.
Luis Nevarez pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute controlled substances in Pennsylvania between approximately December 2016 through January 2017. He admitted to working as a drug dealer and runner in the conspiracy, transporting narcotics from New York to Pennsylvania, trading narcotics for a firearm, and being affiliated with the Crips, a nationwide criminal organization.
Nevarez admitted to trafficking in excess of 112 grams of crack cocaine and in excess of 200 grams of heroin, the latter of which is the equivalent of 8,000 potentially fatal doses of heroin.
Nevarez was charged in June 2017 with 14 other individuals, all of whom have pleaded guilty. Seven of his co-defendants have already been sentenced:
Kassandra Martin of Wilkes-Barre, PA, was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment; Joshua Lenchick of Luzerne, PA, was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment; Kristyna Shotwell of Plymouth, PA, was sentenced to 12 months and one day of imprisonment; Tanay Jones of Bronx, NY, was sentenced to a time served sentence of 19 days of imprisonment; William Waring of Bronx, NY, was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment; John Maybank of Bronx, NY, was sentenced to 53 months of imprisonment; and Siobhan Daniels of Wilkes-Barre, PA, was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Kingston Police Department, and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip J. Caraballo prosecuted the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program aimed at reducing violent crime and making neighborhoods safer. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made addressing rising violent crime a top priority, reinvigorating the PSN program and directing U.S. Attorney’s Offices to develop district crime reduction strategies.
The case was also brought as part of a district-wide initiative to combat the heroin epidemic, led by the United States Attorney’s Office. The Heroin Initiative targets heroin traffickers operating in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and is part of a coordinated effort among federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who commit heroin-related offenses.
Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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