1 pleads, 1 sentenced in Chicago-to-Youngstown drug ring

YOUNGSTOWN

One man pleaded guilty in federal court and another man was sentenced Wednesday in separate heroin-distribution cases.

Jose Lebron, 46, entered a plea of guilty before Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. in U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio to one count of conspiracy with intent to distribute heroin.

In another case, Luis Brisino, no age available, was sentenced to almost seven years in federal prison on the same charge, also before Judge Oliver. Brisino was given a sentence of 83 months, with credit for time already served awaiting the disposition of his case.

Brisino was one of 12 people indicted in June 2012 for a ring that got its drugs from Chicago and distributed them in Youngstown, using houses on Brentwood and Glenwood avenues on the South Side as a primary base of operation.

According to an indictment in the case, Brisino was one of the people in Chicago who was giving the heroin to Youngstown residents to sell in the city. The ring operated from March 2009 to March 2012, according to the indictment.

Read more about the cases in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.