Schenectady Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Drug Offense

United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced that on March 8, 2012, United States District Court Judge Lawrence E. Kahn sentenced Jeffrey McGough, Jr., of Schenectady, New York, to 46 months in federal prison. This sentence was for McGough’s conviction for the crime of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the Intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. McGough has been in federal custody since October 2012.

McGough, Jr. was indicted with 15 others for a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine between August 2009 and March 2010. The indictment charges that it was the role of McGough, Jr. to receive cocaine and/or crack cocaine from Jamie Lee Toomer for redistribution. The indictment further charges that on March 28, 2010, Jamie Lee Toomer was in an apartment in Schenectady, New York in where there was approximately 750 grams of crack cocaine and 220 grams of cocaine.

Jamie Lee Toomer, Victor Toomer, Jeffrey McGough, Sr., Trinelle Frye, Koshon Taylor, and Alexis Bass, all of Schenectady, and Jamar Green of Ft. Lee, New Jersey, have pled guilty to the conspiracy charge. Judge Kahn has sentenced Jamie Lee Toomer and Jamar Green to 240 months in federal prison; Trinelle Frye to 120 months in federal prison; Koshon Taylor to 71 months in federal prison; Jeffrey McGough, Sr. to 70 months in federal prison; and Alexis Bass to 24 months in federal prison.

Riccia Goody, Moises Olds, Derrick Henderson, Mario Williams of Schenectady, and Matthew Cuckoo of Amsterdam have pled guilty to the crime of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine and are to be sentenced.

United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian also announced that on March 9, 2012, a jury acquitted Joseph Toomer and Dennis Ryan of the conspiracy charge. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on a count which charged Ryan with the use of a telephone to facilitate a drug felony.

The investigation that resulted in these convictions was conducted by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the New York State Police, the Schenectady Police Department, and the Office of the District Attorney of Schenectady County.