BUFFALO, NY—U.S. Attorney William J.
Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Martin, 23, of Buffalo, New York,
pleaded guilty plea before District Judge Richard J. Arcara to distribution of
crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, a
$5,000,000, fine or both.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney
Michael L. McCabe, the guilty plea follows a lengthy investigation into the
drug trafficking activities of the L.R.G.P. Gang on Buffalo’s East Side. The
defendant sold crack cocaine at a residence maintained by L.R.G.P. Gang members
on Memorial Drive in Buffalo’s Broadway/Fillmore area. Martin was arrested
along with 14 other members and associates in January 2012. He is the first to
be convicted.
The plea was the culmination of an investigation
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Task Force, under the
direction of Special Agent in Charge Christopher M. Piehota; and the Buffalo
Police Department, under the direction of Commissioner Daniel Derenda.
Sentencing is for January 11, 2013, at
1:00 p.m. before Judge Arcara.
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