WORCESTER – A federal jury convicted a local man on Friday, August 20, of drug charges in U.S. District Court court in Worcester on Friday, August 20.
The jury found Bruce Marano, 47, of Sutton, guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The judge scheduled a sentencing heading for December 10.
According to prosecutors, Marando conspired with Vito Nuzzolilo and other to distribute cocaine from March to May 2017. A wiretap revealed many communications in which Marando and Nuzzolilo discussed purchasing and selling cocaine, cooking crack cocaine and distributing cocaine to satisfy a $9,000 debt that Marando owed Nuzzolilo.
The investigation led to drugs seized by law enforcement at various locations, including 250 grams of cocaine from Nuzzolilo’s band room.
The charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, at least three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $1 million.
