NEWARK — A 38-year-old New Jersey man was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for conspiracy to distribute nearly 9 pounds of an illegal synthetic drug from China to New Jersey.
Thomas Seymore, 38, of Carteret, was sentenced in federal court in Newark after previously pleading guilty in October to one count of conspiring to distribute ethylone — a so-called designer drug commonly referred to as “bath salts,” the U.S. attorney’s office said.
U.S. District Court Judge Katharine S. Hayden issued Seymore’s sentence on Tuesday, which included three years supervision upon his release.
In June 2014, Seymore helped arrange for the nearly 9 pounds of ethylone — which stimulates the nervous system and can cause hallucinogenic effects — to be ordered from China and shipped to Teaneck, prosecutors said.
Seymore had conspired to import the drug with 33-year-old Michael Correa, of Rahway, who previously pleaded guilty to his role in the matter.
Correa was sentenced in December to nearly five years in prison.
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