Feds: N.Y. man conspired to sell 8K oxycodone pills in CT region
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A 64-year-old man from Queens, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge after prosecutors said he conspired to sell thousands of Oxycodone pills throughout the region including at the Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Joseph Anthony Carbone pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Connecticut.
Carbone appeared before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport, the U.S. attorney’s office said. He was released on $200,000 bond before sentencing.
Published January 05. 2021 8:22PM Get the weekly rundown Email Submit
A Queens, N.Y., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with other people to sell oxycodone pills in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Joseph Anthony Carbone, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, according to an announcement from John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Carbone, a former Pennsylvania resident, “conspired with others to acquire and sell approximately 8,100 oxycodone pills in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island,” from about May 2017 to August 2019, according to the news release, which cited court documents and statements. Carbone and people “acting at his discretion” sold pills at the Foxwoods Resort Casino and other places in Connecticut, it said.