Buffalo Man Sentenced On Drug Charge

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Young, 50, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel L. Violanti, who handled the case, stated that on February 2, 2015, Cheektowaga Police officers conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle the defendant was driving. Young advised the officer that the vehicle was a rental vehicle while producing the rental agreement. However, the defendant was not listed as an authorized driver of the vehicle. As a result, he was asked to exit the vehicle. While doing so, the officer noticed a syringe in the driver’s seat of the vehicle. 

Young was arrested and the vehicle was searched. During this search, the officer recovered approximately 325 gross grams of methamphetamine in the trunk as well as a FedEx shipping label address for 79 North Ogden, Young’s residence.

Today’s sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the part of the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge James J. Hunt, New York Field Division, and the Cheektowaga Police Department, under the direction of Chief David Zack.