ESCONDIDO : 3 More Plead Guilty in Cocaine Ring
An Escondido man who is described by prosecutors as the ringleader of a cocaine distribution ring from Panama and two Oceanside men pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling cocaine.
Entering their pleas were the accused ringleader, Abdiel Antonio Ariza, 22, Jamie (Ski) Spencer, 19, and Anthony Dunn, 19.
The guilty pleas mean that six people sought in the Panama Blue investigation have been convicted of felonies. One suspect is still at large.
Ariza faces a maximum sentence of 11 years in state prison when San Diego Superior Court Judge Michael Wellington sentences him April 9. Spencer faces a maximum nine-year term, and Dunn could receive a sentence of up to six years.
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