Toms River Man Gets 30-Month Federal Prison Sentence For Cocaine Distribution

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A Toms River man who was an associate of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for his role in distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Mario Galli, 24, of Toms River, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William H. Walls to one count of distribution of more than 500 grams of cocaine, Fishman's office said.

According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court:

Galli was arrested and charged by complaint in March 2015, along with nine members of the DeCavalcante crime family. He admitted that between Dec. 12, 2014, and March 2015, in conjunction with other family associates, he sold more than one-half a kilo of cocaine to an undercover FBI agent for at least $78,000, Fishman's office said.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Walls sentenced Galli to three years of supervised release and fined him $1,000.

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