Youngstown Man Sentenced to 15+ Years in Prison For Intent to Distribute Cocaine Mailed from Puerto Rico

CLEVELAND - A 42-year-old man was sentenced to prison for intending to distribute nearly four and a half pounds of cocaine that was mailed to Ohio from Puerto Rico.

Jean Carlos Martinez, of Youngstown, was sentenced to 188 months (15.6 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge Bridget Meehan Brennan after he pleaded guilty in April to Attempted Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine. Martinez was also ordered to serve six years of supervised release after imprisonment.

According to court documents, on Jan. 23, 2025, postal inspectors seized a parcel that was mailed from Puerto Rico to Campbell, Ohio, which was suspected of containing cocaine. Investigators then proceeded to deliver it to the intended address. Shortly thereafter, Martinez arrived at the delivery address to collect the package. Martinez later admitted that he planned to distribute the cocaine that was inside the package. During lab analysis of the package's contents, it was confirmed to be approximately 2003.9 grams of cocaine.

This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration-Detroit Division.

Assistant United States Attorney Adam J. Joines led the prosecution for the Northern District of Ohio.