BANGOR, Maine — A Connecticut woman was sentenced Tuesday to 23 months in prison for being part of a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone in Kennebec and Cumberland counties between April and August 2011.
Susan Tomczyk, 57, of Stamford, Conn., traded the oxycodone pills prescribed for her to Barry Diaz, 39, of Stamford, Conn., for crack cocaine, according to court documents.
Tomczyk pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone. In a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, a charge of possession with intent to distribute oxycodone was dismissed.
She faced up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.
Tomczyk was indicted in November 2011 by a federal grand jury with five others: Kenneth McKenney, 24, of China; Ricky Sirois, 47, of Randolph; Peter Poland, 40, of Whitefield; Elizabeth Coleman, 21, of China; and Eva Elliott, 59, of Stamford, Conn.
The charges against Elliott have been dismissed, according to information posted on the court’s electronic case filing system.
McKenney and Coleman have pleaded guilty to drug charges and are awaiting sentencing. Poland was sentenced in August to three years and four months in federal prison for his role in the conspiracy.
Diaz was indicted in separate drug conspiracy cases with Jesse Morrison, 24, of Augusta; Amber Davis, 25, of Readfield; Darlene Duran, 21, of South El Monte, Calif.; and Mark Razo, 22, of Folsom, Calif.
All but Diaz and Razo have pleaded guilty. Morrison was sentenced to a year and Duran was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison for their roles in the conspiracies.
Diaz, Sirois and Razo are scheduled to go on trial early next year.
Does saying “Nearly 2 years!” sound a lot more dramatic than “23 months?” It must, the BDN seems to do that quite often. Hey, it’s only thirty days difference and we can handle the odd month, honest. =)
The same as saying she was sentenced to 23 months and only going to be locked up for 30/45/60 or 90 days.The article never mentioned how long she will be behind locked doors and yes I realise it’s federal court.Just seems 23 months seems like allot compared to actual time that will be served.
Yeah, noticed that too — all the papers try to stay away from how much time actually gets served on a sentence. Fact is, seems like none have the slightest idea and really don’t want to know once the big headline is over.
In the federal system you do 85% of ur time minimum with no way of getting out sooner also feds sentence in months not years thats why it says 23 months and not 2 years……….
This pill pushing dope fiend, part of a nationwide drug ring, was
looking at 20 years, hard time !!
She got off real easy ,in my humble opinion.
Red, I don’t give her that much credit, this ain’t the Medellin Cartel. or Scarface. Just another skeezer trying for Cloud Nine and hit a brick wall.
Agreed , scarface , she aint.
I guess my question is why someone looking at 20 years plus
gets less than 2.
maybe she ratted the others out ?? leniency?
Don’t do the time, drop a dime!
Don’t be a lame, give a name!
Not a shred of loyalty among dope fiends…
Maybe she should have “reversed” her trading…