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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 West New York drug dealer gets 20 years in prison for growing marijuana crops 🌿West New York drug dealer gets 20 years in prison for growing marijuana crops
David Companioni, 32, of West New York, was sentenced to 20 years in state prison, including six years and eight months of parole ineligibility, by Superior Court Judge Siobhan A. Teare in Essex County.
Companioni was tried in front of an Essex County jury in August and convicted on Aug. 20 of charges of first-degree maintaining or operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility and second-degree possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, court documents show.
A co-defendant, Aday Y. Fernandez, 34, also of West New York, pleaded guilty on April 10, 2015 to charges of conspiracy and maintaining or operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility, authorities said.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 13. The state will recommend that he be sentenced to seven years in state prison.
The charges were the result of an investigation by the New Jersey State Police Drug Trafficking North Unit....
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