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BOONE â Two Appalachian State students are among 21 charged in relation to a drug distribution ring on the campuses of Appalachian State University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Duke University, announced the Department of Justice at a Thursday, Dec. 17 press conference.
âThis is a large drug network and supply chain fueling a drug culture at fraternities and within these universities and around these universities and towns,â said Matt Martin, U.S. attorney for the middle district of North Carolina. âThese are 21 hardened drug dealers.â
Martin said the investigation is ongoing. App State spokesperson Megan Hayes said the university is âcooperating fully with law enforcement in this investigation.â
Three fraternities were suspended by UNC on Friday following the arrests
On Thursday prosecutors and sheriffs announced they had broken up a cartel
21 people have been arrested since July as part of the drug operation sting
The suspects range in age from 22 and 35; many were based in North Carolina
They include current and former students from Duke and UNC Chapel Hill
Together, they sold over $1.5million of cocaine and marijuana, prosecutors said
Prosecutors say they are hardened drug dealers with brazen attitudes
Many of the suspects have prior arrests and have already graduated
Some of the most serious charges carry sentences of 10 years to life
Turlock man sentenced for supplying drugs to North Carolina fraternities
A Turlock man has been named by federal agents as the key link in a drug chain that funneled large amounts cocaine and marijuana to college campuses in North Carolina.
Francisco Javier Ochoa Jr., 27, of Turlock was indicted in November 2019 for conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. On Nov. 24, 2020, Ochoa entered a guilty plea to the charges against him and was sentenced to 73 months in prison and five years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina. He also was ordered to pay a $250,000 forfeiture judgment.
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