Press Release
Dauphin County Man Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Large Amounts Of Cocaine
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Efrain Troche-Rivera, age 35, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on December 19, 2017, to 10 years’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride.
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Troche-Rivera possessed with the intent to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride in Harrisburg, beginning in September 2015, and continuing through August 2016. Investigators determined that the cocaine was shipped through the mail in child booster seats from Puerto Rico into the Harrisburg area.
Co-defendant Geraldo Rodriguez-Diaz, age 23, of Harrisburg, pled guilty on December 18, 2017, before Judge Rambo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and is awaiting sentencing. Rodriguez-Diaz possessed a Smith & Wesson semi-automatic handgun in connection to the offense.
This matter was investigated by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Chelsea Schinnour and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Smulktis.
This case was brought as part of the Violent Crime Reduction Partnership (“VCRP”), a district wide initiative to combat the spread of violent crime in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Led by the United States Attorney’s Office, the VCRP consists of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies whose mission is to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who commit violent crimes with firearms.
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Updated December 20, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component