Two Sentenced In Marijuana Drug Conspiracy

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BUFFALO, N.Y.—Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shahana Beaver, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to time served and three years’ supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. In addition, co-defendant Janice Humphrey, 28, also of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of maintaining a drug-involved premises, was sentenced to two years’ probation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura A. Higgins, who handled the case, stated that between April 2015, and September 2015, the defendants conspired with Damarcus Hennings, Shaquata Hennings, Arthur Clark, and Dashawn Abrams, to ship, receive, and distribute more than 50 packages containing marijuana from Denver, Colorado to Buffalo, New York. The defendants also conspired to send the cash proceeds from resulting marijuana sales back to their marijuana source of supply in Denver.
Damarcus Hennings and Shaquata Hennings have been convicted and are awaiting sentencing. Charges are pending against Dashawn Abrams and Arthur Clark. The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Today’s sentencings are the result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge James J. Hunt, New York Field Division.