A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday on cocaine distribution charges, according to Attorney General John J. Hoffman.
Eduardo Colon-Lopez, a 37-year old from Philadelphia, pleaded guilty on August 4 to a first-degree cocaine distribution charge. Colon-Lopez was arrested in September, 2014 at the Deptford Mall.
As a result of an investigation by the Atlantic City Task Force into a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in AC, Colon-Lopez, also known as "Papito," was arrested in a parking lot at the Deptford Mall.
An undercover officer with the New Jersey State Police arranged for Colon-Lopez to sell him a kilogram of cocaine for $40,000. Originally, the deal was supposed to go down in Atlantic City, but the location was changed to the Deptford Mall at the last minute.
Upon delivering a black duffel bag containing the cocaine to the officer, Colon-Lopez was promptly arrested.
