A New Jersey man was sentenced to nine years in prison after he was caught with LSD, ecstasy and ketamine in Illinois, according to local media reports.
Milan Matarazzo, 22, of Whitehouse Station, was driving to a music festival in Chillicothe, Ill. when officers from a drug enforcement task force stopped him in May 2013, the Journal Star in Peoria, Ill. reported.
Authorities heavily patrol the area surrounding the music festival's camp grounds every year around the time of the event, according to the report. Around 120 drug cases typically get filed each year from these traffic stops, James Mack, the state's attorney, told the newspaper.
Most of these cases, however, are misdemeanors, Mack said.
Matarazzo was charged with nine felonies including trafficking LSD, ecstasy and ketamine, an animal sedation medication abused by drug users. He was facing a maximum sentece of 30 years in prison, according to the report.
Matarazzo took a plea agreement which eliminated the trafficking charges and 'reduced the amounts on some charges,' the report said.
He can request to serve his sentence in a facility in New Jersey.
Alex Napoliello may be reached at anapoliello@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @alexnapoNJ. Find NJ.com on Facebook.
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