A Manalapan man was sentenced on April 19 to 48 months in federal prison, the last of eight people sentenced for their roles in an oxycodone distribution scheme involving the owner of a Middlesex County pharmacy, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Jason Caracappa, 31, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to a superseding indictment charging Caracappa, convicted pharmacist Vincent Hsia – the proprietor of Lincoln Pharmacy Network in Edison – and others in connection with the distribution of oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance.
In addition to the prison term, Wigenton sentenced Caracappa to three years’ supervised release.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, the defendants and Hsia, 52, of Flemington, who was sentenced on Feb. 23 to 25 years in prison, engaged in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
Some of the defendants used stolen blank prescriptions, or prescriptions made out to fictitious patients to obtain oxycodone pills from Hsia at Lincoln Pharmacy.
One defendant was charged with furthering the conspiracy by driving co-conspirators to Lincoln Pharmacy and otherwise assisting with the distribution of oxycodone, the U.S. Attorney said.