Heroin Distribution Ring Brought to Justice in New York
A Newburgh, New York, man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in operating a retail heroin-selling organization.
VICTOR R. RIVAS, 29, of Newburgh, was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in operating a retail heroin-selling organization out of a storefront at 427 Broadway in Newburgh.
In 2016, Victor M. Rivas, with the assistance of Julio A. Davila, VICTOR R. RIVAS, Ronald L. Matias, a/k/a ‘Ronald Luis,’ and Edward Cardona, ran an organization engaged in the distribution of heroin in Newburgh, New York, from a storefront location at 427 Broadway, alternately held out as a barbershop or soccer shop.
The defendants distributed well over three kilograms of heroin out of the Soccer Shop over the course of a year, with the organization operating for more than 12 hours a day, seven days a week, for the sole purpose of selling heroin.
Law enforcement seized more than $260,000 in cash from a storage unit used by the defendants, as well as $44,000 from VICTOR R. RIVAS and $5,300 from Davila during the course of the investigation.
VICTOR R. RIVAS was sentenced to seven years in prison and five years of supervised release. In addition, Victor M. Rivas, the leader of the organization, was previously sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release; Davila, 28, of Newburgh, was previously sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison and four years of supervised release; and Matias, 36, of Newburgh, was previously sentenced to five years in prison and four years of supervised release.
The case was handled by the Office’s White Plains Division, with Assistant United States Attorneys Jacqueline C. Kelly and Allison Nichols in charge of the prosecution.
The investigation was led by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, and the New York State Police, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the City of Newburgh Police Department.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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