Authorities say John Capozzi is a member of the DeCavalcante organize crime family of La Cosa Nostra.
NEWARK -- A judge sentenced a Union man with ties to the DeCavalcante organized crime family on Tuesday for distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, officials announced.
John Capozzi, 36, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge William Walls in federal court in Newark, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said in a news release.
Capozzi, who was arrested and charged in March 2015, pleaded guilty in December of that same year to one count of distribution of more than 500 grams of cocaine. Capozzi admitted to selling one-half of a kilo of cocaine to an undercover F.B.I. agent for roughly $78,000.
Capozzi was arrested during a larger sweep that included nine other members of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra. Other members were charged with plotting to kill a rival gang member and running a prostitution business.
Along with the more than two-year prison sentence, Walls sentenced Capozzi to two years of supervised release.
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