New Jersey Man Avoids Serious Time
May 7th, 2009 by Rick
On Tuesday, Pedro Covil, 24, dodged spending 56 and a half years behind bars when he entered a plea agreement that gave him ten years for first-degree cocaine possession with intent to distribute, second-degree conspiracy to distribute drugs and second-degree possession of a firearm while distributing drugs.
It all started May 21, during Operation Blood Money, a six-month investigation led police to the arrest of 61 people and the seizure of more than 6.5 ounces of cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, marijuana, two handguns, ammunition, gang-related materials, and $6,772. Police found 43 packs of heroin and about 19 grams of cocaine, along with a loaded .38-caliber handgun with ammunition in Covil’s home safe. Another 4.5 ounces of cocaine was stashed at another location, in New Brunswick.
Sentencing for Covil is on June 26th. Covil would have to serve five years of that sentence before he could be eligible for parole.
