Kozic brothers sentenced to long prison terms

YOUNGSTOWN — Two brothers convicted of burglary and Oxycontin trafficking charges are going to prison.

Zoltan J. Kozic, 37, of East Calla Road, New Middletown, is going to prison for 18 years after having been convicted of all five burglary counts lodged against him and two OxyContin trafficking counts.

Jamie D. Kozic, 31, of Wilson Street, Struthers, is going to prison for 20 years after having been convicted of seven burglary counts, one count each of attempted burglary and possessing criminal tools (a screwdriver), and three OxyContin trafficking counts.

Both men were also convicted of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity in a two-week trial last month, during which the jury heard from about 60 witnesses, saw about 200 pieces of evidence and deliberated for more than four hours.

The Kozics, who could have received prison terms of up to 90 years each, were sentenced today by visiting Judge Thomas P. Curran of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, who presided over the trial.

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