Rochester man going to prison for his role in drug conspiracy

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Dante Bolling, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possession with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, and possession of ammunition by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Katelyn M. Hartford, who handled the case, stated that between August 2020, and August 25, 2022, Bolling conspired with others to sell quantities of cocaine in the Rochester area. On August 25, 2022, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Bolling’s Mayflower Street residence, seizing approximately 66 grams of cocaine and drug trafficking paraphernalia, That same day, Bolling, knowing that he was an unlawful user of marijuana, possessed a firearm and ammunition.

The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Bryan Miller, New York Field Division

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