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Five Plead Guilty In OxyContin Case...
They admitted before U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano that they purchased the pills in the Newark area, and that Love and Amarilla transported them to Connecticut and Massachusetts to be sold to other drug dealers between April 2002 and November 2004.
The drug conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine.
The government also is seeking forfeiture proceedings against the defendants to recover $1 million in what it contends are profits from illegal drug dealing.
Authorities identified Louis Gallicchio Sr. as the ringleader, and described him as a known Lucchese crime family associate. They said he befriended Newark street gang members and recruited them to be runners, delivering huge shipments of 80-milligram OxyContin pills bought illegally from two pharmacies in Newark.
They transported thousands of Oxycontin pills each week to illicit suppliers in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Most of the drugs ended up in the area from Boston to Brockton, Mass., authorities said.
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