BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A New York man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for his participation in a drug trafficking ring that operated in Vermont.
Federal prosecutors say 36-year-old Micahel J. Foreste, also known as “Beast,” of Valley Stream, New York, was convicted of seven counts of distributing a prescription opioid oxycodone in Vermont and three counts of money laundering.
The Rutland Herald reports (https://bit.ly/2qXv9qO ) that Foreste brought the drugs to Vermont from 2008 to 2014 as part of a drug trafficking group that included New York City Police Officer Andre Clarke, who has pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge. Prosecutors say Clarke supplied oxycodone to Foreste, who supplied the pills to a Burlington man.
Clarke resigned from the NYPD and is scheduled to be sentenced in November.
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Information from: Rutland Herald, https://www.rutlandherald.com/
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