Thomas Seymore, Ethylone Trafficking, New Jersey 2014

Defendant Sentenced to 8 Years for Role in Ethylone Trafficking Conspiracy

Thomas Seymore, a 38-year-old man from Carteret, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 96 months in prison for conspiring to traffic approximately four kilograms of ethylone from China to New Jersey. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced the sentence, which was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Katharine S. Hayden in Newark federal court.

According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court, Seymore conspired with Michael Correa, 33, of Rahway, New Jersey, to distribute the illicit substance. Ethylone, also known as ‘bath salts’ and ‘molly,’ is an illegal synthetic drug that stimulates the central nervous system and can cause hallucinogenic effects.

The conspiracy began on June 10, 2014, when Seymore and Correa ordered the ethylone from China and had it shipped to a location in Teaneck, New Jersey. In addition to the prison term, Judge Hayden sentenced Seymore to three years of supervised release.

Correa previously pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy and was sentenced to 57 months in prison on December 20, 2016. U.S. Attorney Fishman credited the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Homeland Security Investigations, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service with the investigation that led to Seymore’s conviction.

The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jonathan M. Peck and Tazneen Shahabuddin of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Newark. Seymore’s defense counsel was Susan C. Cassell Esq. of Ridgewood, New Jersey.

The case is a reminder of the serious consequences of conspiring to traffic illicit substances. As the investigation and conviction of Seymore demonstrate, law enforcement agencies will continue to work tirelessly to disrupt and dismantle these types of operations.

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