New Albany Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Prison for Role in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Oscar Collado-Rivera, 32, of New Albany, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 200 months in prison for conspiring with others to distribute more than 150 kilograms of cocaine.

A U.S. District Court jury convicted Collado-Rivera in November 2016 after a three-day trial for his role in the conspiracy, which involved at least $4 million in drugs and U.S. currency over a six-month period in 2015.

U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman of the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Ryan L. Korner, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation, and agencies in a state and local task force announced the sentence handed down today by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson.

Evidence presented during the trial established that Collado-Rivera and others were responsible for arranging large shipments of cocaine from Mexico and Texas into the Columbus area.

The jury convicted Collado-Rivera of one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Task Force officers arrested Collado-Rivera in December 2015 based on a federal criminal complaint. He has been in custody since his arrest.

Glassman commended Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin’s Office, the Ohio State Highway Patrol, and the investigators with police departments in Pickerington, Upper Arlington and Westerville who conducted the investigation, as well as Deputy Criminal Chief Michael Hunter and Appellate Chief Mary Beth Young, who represent the United States in prosecuting the case.

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