A Syracuse man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his role in a cocaine distribution and money laundering conspiracy that stretched from New York to Puerto Rico.
Juan Correa, Jr., 31, admitted to conspiring with others to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine in Onondaga County between May and July of last year. As part of the scheme, he collected drug proceeds and mailed them to a supplier in Puerto Rico to fund additional shipments.
Correa, Jr. was sentenced Wednesday by Senior U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby, who also imposed a five-year term of supervised release after his prison sentence. His co-defendants—Juan Correa, Sr., Ashley Correa, and Alex Calcano-Carrasquillo—have pleaded guilty and await sentencing.
U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III credited the success of the case to cooperation across agencies. “This prosecution of a cocaine trafficking and money laundering organization was made possible by the close collaboration of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies up and down the East Coast.”…