TRENTON, NJ—A former Jersey City police officer was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in stealing more than half a million cigarettes from a trailer and extorting $20,000 from a drug courier who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Mario Rodriguez, 40, of Jersey City, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson to an information charging him with one count of cargo theft and one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act extortion under color of official right. Judge Thompson imposed the sentence today in Trenton federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

A 30-count federal indictment was unsealed charging 13 people with participating in a multi-state conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, a conspiracy which was controlled by an inmate in an Ohio prison, law enforcement officials said.

Indicted are: Fernando Auces, 50, currently residing at Grafton Correctional Institution; Ricardo Morales-Almazan, 32, currently residing at FCI Big Spring in Texas; Alejandro Sanchez, 33, of Toledo; Roberto Agapito Vallejo-Becerra, 50, currently residing at East Hidalgo Detention Center in Texas; Alexander Gonzales, 38, currently residing at Southern Ohio Correctional Institution (Lucasville); Tammy Gibson, 40, of Akron; Javier Jimenez, 39, of Toledo; Noe Reyes, 33, currently residing at FCI Lucero in Alabama; Randy Koelblin, 39, of Cincinnati; Jasmine Reyes, 29, of Omaha, Neb.; Jenneth De La Rosa, 58, of Toledo; Daniel Ulis, 40, of Toledo and Anthony King, 41, currently residing at Ross Correctional Institution (Chillicothe).

WANTAGE TOWNSHIP NJ–On January 13, 2015, at approximately 11:41 a.m., a male suspect robbed the Lakeland Bank on State Highway 23 in Wantage Township, Sussex County.

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Trenton, NJ 08628

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Nunzio A.

On January 10, 2015 Of West Deptford, NJ. Surrounded by his loving family. Age 75 years. Beloved husband of Gloria E. (nee Grant). Loving father of Albert Rania (Maria) of Australia, and the late Anita Huesser (surviving son in law David). He was the devoted grandfather of Amanda and Matthew Rania of W. Deptford and Cordell Huesser of Gloucester and dear brother of Clara DiGerolamo, Cornelia Carson, Anthony, Armand and the late Josie Rania He is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Nunzio was an avid fisherman, but above all was a devoted and loving husband and dad. Arrangements have

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