Page 4 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2023 Pair sentenced to lengthy prison terms in connection with large-scale drug ring centered in Everett Investigators found drug distribution operations in Revere, other surrounding communities; two kilos of uncut cocaine, several pounds of marijuana, loaded fi rearms and cash seized Advocate Staff Report M iddlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan and Everett Chief of Police Steven Mazzie have announced that Jorge Delgado-Rivera, 45, of Melrose, and Jairo Salado-Ayala, 42, of Lynn, have been sentenced in Middlesex County Need a hall for your special event? The Schiavo Club, located at 71 Tileston Street, Everett is available for your Birthdays, Anniversaries, Sweet 16 parties and more? Call Dennis at (857) 249-7882 for details. ANGELO’S FULL SERVICE 1978-2023 Celebrating 45 Years in Business! Regular Unleaded $3.359 MidUnleaded $3.739 Super $3.989 Diesel Fuel $3.739 Heating Oil at the Pump $4.759 $3.15 9 DEF s! 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Jairo Salado-Ayala was found guilty of one count of traffi cking cocaine over 200 grams on a theory of possession with intent to distribute. Judge Campbell sentenced Salado-Ayala to not less than nor more than 12 years and one day in state prison. Investigators seized two kilograms of pure cocaine that was shipped to a UPS facility from Texas to Everett and was concealed in a shipment of automotive parts. (Courtesy Photos/Offi ce of Middlesex District Attorney) The seized cocaine was concealed in a shipment of automobile transmissions and other parts. In the fall of 2016, investigators assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Offi ce, Massachusetts State Police and the Everett Police Department initiated an investigation into a largescale drug operation centered in Everett and surrounding Middlesex County communities. As part of the investigation, the District Attorney’s Offi ce and State Police obtained court-authorized wiretaps on phones connected to shipments of cocaine coming into Middlesex County from out of state. Defendant Delgado-Rivera was also convicted of importing a series of prior shipments of cocaine from Texas into Massachusetts. Based on information interA double portion of hope. COMMUNITY SERVINGS: PROVIDING HOPE AND NUTRITION Community Servings helps people who are facing critical or chronic illness and nutrition insecurity. 2023, they will prepare and deliver over 1.1 million medically tailored, scratch-made meals to more than 5,500 people in Massachusetts, Southern New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Everett Bank is proud to support the mission of Community Servings. We believe everyone deserves access to healthy food, especially those most in need. Community Servings is a non be a part of their work. cepted during the wiretap investigation, investigators successfully intercepted a package of cocaine at a UPS facility that was scheduled to be delivered to an alias used by the defendants. That package contained two kilograms of uncut cocaine packaged inside automobile parts and masked in apparent transmission fl uid in an eff ort to evade drug detection eff orts. On the morning of Tuesday, June 6, 2017, Massachusetts State Police, in cooperation with local law enforcement, simultaneously executed search warrants at fi ve locations in the communities of Everett, Melrose, Chelsea, Lynn and Revere that were suspected to be involved in the alleged drug distribution operation. Police also seized approximately three pounds of marijuana and scales and packaging materials consistent with drug distribution, two fi rearms (a fully loaded.357 Magnum, a loaded 9mm semiautomatic handgun), approximately 200 grams of a suspected cutting agent and approximately $6,000 in cash. As part of this investigation, a total of more than $40,000 in drug proceeds were seized. In addition to weapons, contraband and cash, as part of the operation, police also seized fi ve automobiles that were allegedly used for drug distribution and transportation. Law enforcement offi cials estimate that the defendants imported more than a dozen packages of suspected narcotics from September of 2016 through June 2017. The shipment of drugs that was seized on Friday, June 2, 2017, contained approximately two kilograms of uncut cocaine. Once cut for distribution, the total value of the seized cocaine would be well over $250,000. In June of 2017, Delgado-Rivera and Salado-Ayala were arrested in connection with a large-scale cocaine distribution operation involving the shipment of drugs to Massachusetts from Texas. The investigation stemmed from a tip following a motor vehicle stop in South Texas. The interstate operation involved drugs imported from Mexico into Texas and then shipped to Massachusetts. This case was investigated by the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Offi ce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Massachusetts State Police Gang Unit, the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit and the Everett Police Department. The assigned prosecutors were Assistant District Attorneys Graham Van Epps and Michael Klunder. Prices subject to change FLEET
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