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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Castle, PA) Two men from New Castle are now in jail after trafficking cocaine that originated from Puerto Rico. Seventeen people in total from Lawrence County, Ohio, and Puerto Rico were part of this plan to give the cocaine to residents of Ellwood City and New Castle. However, the New Castle natives, thirty-seven-year-old Luciano Bratini Rivera and thirty-five-year-old Markus Hobel, were given time in prison. Ninety-seven months in jail with a four-year supervised release was given to Rivera. Hobel received seventy-two months in jail, which includes a five-year supervised release.