Vermont
Vermont man sentenced to prison for cocaine distribution
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A Vermont man is sentenced for his function in a drug trafficking group.
Authorities say 45 12 months previous, Juan Ramos of Wardsboro was sentenced to eight years in jail and 6 years of supervised launch. In April — Ramos pleaded responsible to at least one rely of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Authorities say between 2015 and 2016 he distributed over 300 grams of cocaine in Massachusetts and Vermont.
Ramos had obtained the cocaine from co-conspirator David Cruz, whom he had met whereas serving a five-year jail sentence in Massachusetts for cocaine trafficking.
Ramos has two prior federal convictions and served 9 years in jail in 2002. Then in 2010, he was sentenced in New York to 5 years in jail.
Cruz beforehand pleaded responsible and is awaiting sentencing.
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