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☷Camden Man Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Large Amounts of Heroin Cocaine and Crack
Federal Bureau of Investigation ( By Press Release office)
May 04,2022
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Camden Man Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Large Amounts of Heroin , Cocaine and Crack CAMDEN , N . J . – A Camden man was sentenced to 140 months in prison for conspiring to distribute large amounts of heroin , cocaine , and crack in Camden , U . S . Attorney Philip R . Sellinger announced today . Jose Diaz , 30 , of Camden , previously pleaded guilty before U . S . District Judge Renée Marie Bumb to an information charging him with conspiracy to distribute one hundred grams or more of heroin as well as quantities of cocaine and crack cocaine . Judge Bumb imposed the sentence on April 28 , 2022 , in Camden federal court . According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:Nineteen defendants were arrested in late 2018 on drug - trafficking charges based on the FBI’s investigation of a drug - trafficking organization that ran the open - air narcotics trade on the 400 - 500 block of Pine Street in Camden for several months in 2018 . The organization included street - level sellers who were supervised by shift managers , who in turn were supervised by higher - level “runners . ” Diaz admitted that he had a supervisory role as a shift manager , in the drug trafficking organization . The shift managers and runners supplied the sellers pre - packaged heroin , some of which was mixed with fentanyl , as well as cocaine and crack cocaine . The runners also collected drug proceeds from the shift managers and provided those proceeds to higher - level members of the conspiracy . Seventeen of these defendants pleaded guilty before Judge Bumb to drug conspiracy charges . Two defendants are awaiting trial , which is scheduled for July 18 , 2022 . The charges and allegations against those two defendants are merely accusations , and they are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty . In addition to the prison term , Judge Bumb sentenced Diaz to five years of supervised release . U . S . Attorney Philip R . Sellinger credited special agents of the FBI’s South Jersey Violent Offender and Gang Task Force , South Jersey Resident Agency , under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Jacqueline Maguire; the Camden County Police Department , under the direction of Chief Gabriel Rodriguez; the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office , under the direction of Acting Camden County Prosecutor Grace C . MacAulay; the Camden County Sherriff’s Department , under the direction of Sheriff Gilbert L . Wilson; the Cherry Hill Police Department , under the direction of Acting Chief of Police Larry Robb; and the N . J . State Police , under the direction of Colonel Patrick J . Callahan , with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing . He also thanked the Drug Enforcement Administration , the U . S . Marshals Service , and the Department of Homeland Security for their assistance . This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces ( OCDETF ) operation . OCDETF identifies , disrupts , and dismantles the highest - level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor - led , intelligence - driven , multi - agency approach . Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www . justice . gov/OCDETF . The government is represented by Assistant U . S . Attorneys Sara Aliabadi and Patrick C . Askin of the U . S . Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Camden .
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