NY bar owner sentenced in narcotics conspiracy in which 2 were found fatally shot on NJ street

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 10, 2013 - 4:53 pm EDT

HACKENSACK, New Jersey — A New York City bar owner has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in a narcotics conspiracy in which two friends were found fatally shot inside their SUV on a northern New Jersey street.

The Record of Woodland Park reports (http://bit.ly/12mhRAE ) that Nicholas D. Kiriakakis was tearful as he was lead in handcuffs from a Hackensack courtroom after his sentencing Friday.

The 29-year-old resident of Richmond Hills, New York, was acquitted in December on two counts of murder in connection with the 2010 deaths of 28-year-old Jonathan Beneduce of Howard Beach and 27-year-old Michael Mirasola of Ozone Park.

He was found guilty of the lesser charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs and hindering apprehension.

A Teaneck resident discovered the victims' bullet-riddled bodies in February 2010.

Information from: The Record (Woodland Park, New Jersey), http://www.northjersey.com

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