BUFFALO, NY—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anthony Lamarand, age 30, of North Tonawanda, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to a felony charge of conspiring to distribute cocaine. The plea carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, a fine of $4,000,000, or both.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael L. McCabe, who handled the case, stated that Lamarand was involved in a large scale drug-trafficking organization in parts of Niagara and northern Erie Counties between January and July 2009. During this time-frame, Lamarand distributed, on average, one (1) kilogram of powder cocaine every month to multiple customers in the Northtowns. Lamarand also fled the area on July 30, 2009 as federal authorities attempted to execute an arrest warrant in this case. Lamarand was later apprehended near Atlanta, Georgia in August 2009.
The plea was the culmination of an investigation on the part of members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ("FBI") Safe Streets Task Force under the direction of Special Agent in Charge James H. Robertson, as well as the Niagara County Drug Task Force and City of Niagara Falls Police Department.
Sentencing is scheduled for October 13, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. EST, in Buffalo, N.Y., in front of U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
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