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NM MAN GETS DECADE-LONG SENTENCE FOR DRUG CONVICTION

Sep 23, 2014 | 3:44 PM

AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN GETS MORE THAN 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR HIS PART IN A CRACK COCAINE OPERATION IN BERNALILLO AND SANTA FE COUNTIES. THIRTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD SAM ELYICIO WAS ONE OF FIVE MEN INDICTED LAST YEAR ON NARCOTICS AND FIREARMS CHARGES.

THREE OTHERS HAVE ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS IN THE CASE, WHILE A FOURTH PLED NOT GUILTY AND REMAINS IN CUSTODY PENDING TRIAL. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THE DRUG RING OPERATED FROM MAY OF 2012 TO APRIL OF 2013.