5 Men Who Stole $1.3M In Perfume From Edison Warehouse Sentenced To Prison

EDISON, NJ – Five men were sentenced to prison on Tuesday for their role in transporting $1.3 million in stolen perfume from NJ to Florida, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.

Carlos Duvergel, 58, of Miami Gardens, FL, was sentenced to 33 months in prison. Four others, living in Hialeah, Florida, were also sentenced - Juan Crespo, 46, was sentenced to 37 months in prison; Felix Castillo, 49, was sentenced to 33 months in prison; Asnay Fernandez, 32, was sentenced to 33 months in prison; and Ismael Manzano-Suarez, 25, was sentenced to 33 months in prison.

In addition to the prison term, they were sentenced to three years of supervised release and were ordered to pay total restitution of $1.36 million.

The five were previously convicted at trial for conspiring to transport stolen property in interstate commerce and transportation of stolen property in interstate commerce.

In November 2017, the men broke into a warehouse storing perfume products in Edison, and drove away with two tractor trailers filled with stolen products, according to court documents.

They were arrested in May 2018 while attempting to break into another perfume warehouse in East Brunswick, Sellinger said.

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