Jacksonville, Florida Cocaine Dealer Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

Maximum prison sentence imposed for participation in cocaine trafficking ring

June 5, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – A Jacksonville, Florida man convicted of conspiring to traffic cocaine was today sentenced to 30 years in prison in a case prosecuted by Attorney General Bill McCollum’s Office of Statewide Prosecution. Carlos Alberto Bodoy was convicted in May by a Duval County jury for his involvement in a cocaine trafficking ring which supplied drugs from Mexico, New York and California to drug dealers in Duval County. Bodoy’s four codefendants were also prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution.

Bodoy, 32, was arrested in May 2006 after participating in two drug buys with undercover investigators, during which the officers seized more than 16 kilos of cocaine. The seized cocaine, brokered by Bodoy, had a street value of more than $1.2 million. The joint investigation, which was conducted by the Office of Statewide Prosecution, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, involved the use of wire taps, surveillance and multiple search warrants, which resulted in the arrests of Bodoy and four of his co-conspirators. The case was coordinated by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force.

Judge Mallory Cooper of the 4th Judicial Circuit sentenced Bodoy to the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison with a 15 year minimum mandatory sentence. Bodoy was also ordered to pay a $250,000 fine. His four codefendants have also pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, 400 grams or more and have received sentences ranging from four years in prison to 25 years in prison.

Source: Florida Attorney General

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