Meth Dealer Sentenced to 15 years

Both the Express-Times (read it here) and Morning Call (read it here) have articles announcing that Bushkill Township resident John Riccio was sentenced to 15 years one month in federal prison for dealing methamphetamine.

The Morning Call article reported:

Riccio and and his stepbrother, John Miller, 54, sold as much as 20 pounds of meth each month from their dilapidated but heavily fortified home on Bruce Lane. The pair used round-the-clock, state-of-the-art, surveillance -- including closed-circuit cameras and motion alarms -- to protect their operation.

It said that the two began selling in 2005 and the police raided the home in November 2006.

The product was described as follows:

Prosecutors said the meth originated from Mexico and was 90 percent pure, which made it highly potent and addictive.