Burlington County Man Sentenced To 60 Months In Prison For Cocaine Distribution

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute more than two kilograms of cocaine in Burlington and Camden counties in New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Orlando Ayala, 30, of Westampton, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on March 21, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams to a two-count information charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine. Judge Williams imposed the sentence today in Camden federal court. Ayala’s conspirator, Angel Correa, pleaded guilty before Judge Williams and is awaiting sentencing.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

From February 2022 to January 10, 2023, Ayala conspired with Correa and others to distribute substantial quantities of cocaine. Ayala and Correa together sold more than one kilogram of cocaine during drug deals in 2022. On Jan. 10, 2023, they together picked up a package containing cocaine that had been mailed to a house in Philadelphia and drove the package to Correa’s residence in Camden. Law enforcement agents then searched Correa’s residence and recovered one kilogram of cocaine and two firearms located within several feet of the cocaine.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Williams sentenced Ayala to five years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy in Newark, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing. He also thanked the FBI - Philadelphia Field Office, U.S. Postal Inspection Service -Philadelphia Division, Willingboro Police Department, Burlington Township Police Department, Atlantic City Police Department, and Philadelphia Police Department.

This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Bender of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Camden.