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Published January 05. 2021 8:22PM Get the weekly rundown Email Submit
A Queens, N.Y., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with other people to sell oxycodone pills in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Joseph Anthony Carbone, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, according to an announcement from John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Carbone, a former Pennsylvania resident, “conspired with others to acquire and sell approximately 8,100 oxycodone pills in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island,” from about May 2017 to August 2019, according to the news release, which cited court documents and statements. Carbone and people “acting at his discretion” sold pills at the Foxwoods Resort Casino and other places in Connecticut, it said.
The Cook County medical examiner s office handled record numbers of opioid deaths and gun-related homicides in 2020, as well as a record number of total cases because of the addition of COVID-19-related deaths.