Michael Correa, Conspiracy To Import Ethylone, New Jersey 2016

New Jersey Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Import Ethylone

A Rahway, New Jersey, man has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to traffic approximately four kilograms of ethylone from China to New Jersey.

Michael Correa, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute Ethylone, a Schedule I controlled substance, on an information charging him. U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden imposed the sentence in Newark federal court on [no date specified] in 2016.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Correa conspired with Thomas Seymore, 38, of Carteret, New Jersey, and others to distribute approximately four kilograms of ethylone, which had been ordered from China and shipped to a location in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Ethylone, sometimes referred to as “bath salts” or “molly,” is an illegal synthetic drug that stimulates the central nervous system and can cause hallucinogenic effects.

In addition to the prison sentence, Judge Hayden also sentenced Correa to three years of supervised release. Seymore pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme on October 25, 2016 and is scheduled for sentencing on February 1, 2017.

U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman credited special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Homeland Security Investigations, and postal inspectors with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service with the investigation.

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