Drug Dealer Receives Sentence for Cocaine Distribution in Ocean County, What Police Says!
Ocean County – According to authorities, a Kenilworth man received a prison sentence for selling cocaine in Ocean County.
The 32-year-old Pedro Reyes-Sevilla received a ten-year prison term. In the past, he entered a guilty plea to the charge of possessing five ounces or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute.
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas-Monmouth/Ocean Post of Duty (HIDTA/MOPOD) Group 5, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office Street Crimes Unit, and the Lakewood Police Department Street Crimes Unit conducted a two-week investigation in January that culminated in his arrest.
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These organizations followed him as he left Elizabeth, New Jersey, and made his way to Lakewood, where he was stopped. Investigators found over one kilogram of cocaine.
He is presently incarcerated at New Jersey State Prison, where he is serving time for unrelated offenses.