BOSTON – A Sutton man has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine in Worcester, Massachusetts. Bruce Marando, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
Marando was convicted by a federal jury on August 20, 2021, of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The investigation revealed that Marando was a member of a Worcester-based drug trafficking organization led by co-conspirator Vito Nuzzolilo.
From March to May 2017, Marando conspired to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack cocaine) with Nuzzolilo. A wiretap revealed numerous communications between the two men discussing purchasing and selling cocaine, cooking crack cocaine, and distributing cocaine to satisfy a $12,000 debt that Marando owed Nuzzolilo.
Intercepted conversations also revealed that Marando and Nuzzolilo regularly discussed using physical violence to assault customers unable to pay their debts. As a result of the investigation, law enforcement seized drugs from various locations, including 250 grams of cocaine from Nuzzolilo’s band room.
Nuzzolilo was sentenced to 134 months in prison and eight years of supervised release in April 2020.
United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins; Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Division; and Webster Police Chief Michael D. Shaw made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lucy Sun, Elysa Q. Wan, David J. Derusha, and William F. Abely of Rollins’ Criminal Division prosecuted the case.
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Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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