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Camden heroin trafficker sentenced to 21 years

A Camden man was sentenced yesterday to more than 21 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin in the city in 2007 and 2008. Dennis Mass, 36, pleaded guilty in August to conspiring with Alejandro Lopez-Brand, 33, of Norwalk, Conn., and others to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin. When Mass was arrested, police found $247,000 in a paper bag in his vehicle, which he later admitted was trafficking proceeds, according to the U.S. attorney's office. Lopez-Brand was sentenced to 78 months in July. Mass received 262 months plus a $2,000 fine and five years' probation. He has been held without bail since his arrest in January. - Cynthia Henry

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A Camden man was sentenced yesterday to more than 21 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin in the city in 2007 and 2008.

Dennis Mass, 36, pleaded guilty in August to conspiring with Alejandro Lopez-Brand, 33, of Norwalk, Conn., and others to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin. When Mass was arrested, police found $247,000 in a paper bag in his vehicle, which he later admitted was trafficking proceeds, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

Lopez-Brand was sentenced to 78 months in July. Mass received 262 months plus a $2,000 fine and five years' probation. He has been held without bail since his arrest in January.

- Cynthia Henry

    Inquirer