Man Sentenced for Role in $4M Pot Bust

The last man to be sentenced in a more than $4 million pot bust that took place in Lake Township last
summer will be spending time in jail.
Kevin Concepcion, 31, Rochester, New York, appeared Wednesday in the courtroom of Wood County Common
Pleas Judge Alan Mayberry.
Concepcion was sentenced to six months in the Wood County jail, five years community control and a
$15,000 fine, among other penalties, for his part in the incident. If he does not comply with the
conditions of his community control, Concepcion faces eight years in prison.
A former arena football player, Concepcion pleaded in March of this year to one count of trafficking in
drugs with specification, with counts of possession of marijuana, money laundering, and possession of
criminal tools to be dropped at sentencing as part of a plea deal.
Concepcion was among seven people, including his wife, Arriel, 30, who were arrested in the bust on the
Ohio Turnpike in July of 2013. A Subaru Outback and motor home with Massachusetts plates containing the
seven people were stopped, and more than 907 pounds of marijuana – valued at $4.1 million – was found in
the vehicles, as well as $14,000 in cash. A number of cell phones and other devices were also seized.

The group was reportedly on their way back to the East Coast from Chicago.
Each of the suspects were indicted on charges of trafficking in marijuana, possession of marijuana, money
laundering and possession of criminal tools. All entered pleas to the charges, save Arriel Concepcion;
her charges were dropped as the result of her husband’s plea.
Each of the five others already sentenced had receiving prison sentences ranging from two years, to eight
years in the case of William Luciano Jr., 34, New Rochester, New York.
Assistant Wood County Prosecutor Tom Matuszak said in court that the case involved "the largest load
of marijuana I have ever had occasion to prosecute."
"I accept all responsibility for my actions in this case," Concepcion said prior to sentencing.
"I just ask that the court be lenient towards me."
He was taken into custody following the pronouncement of the sentence.