DRUG DEALER INVOLVED IN CROSS COUNTRY DRUG RING FEDERALLY SENTENCED

Martin C. Carlson, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that Jaime Deleon, age 31, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to a 151-month term of imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride. Judge Conner further ordered that Deleon serve a two-year term of supervised release.

According to U.S. Attorney Carlson, between May 2005 and 2007, Deleon was involved in a large-scale drug trafficking organization that spread across the country from Carlsbad, California; San Diego, California; and New York City to the Lancaster/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area. Deleon’s role was to transport large amounts of cocaine.

On January 11, 2007, DEA seized 97 Kilos of cocaine that had just been purchased by Deleon and co-defendant Oscar Barrazza from co-conspirators who ran a trans-shipment location in Lancaster. On that same date, DEA seized approximately $2.1 million from the Lancaster location. Approximately $1.7 million had been brought to Lancaster by Deleon and Barrazza as payment for a prior purchase of 100 kilos of cocaine.

This case is being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration; Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations and the Lancaster Drug Task Force and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Christy H. Fawcett.

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