ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced
today that Clifford Billins, 41, of Utica, New York, pleaded guilty before
Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiring to possess
with intent to distribute, and distributing fentanyl, crack cocaine, and
heroin. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a
$1,000,000 fine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew T. McGrath, who is handling
the case, stated that between September 2017 and August 2018, the defendant
conspired with others to sell fentanyl, crack cocaine, cocaine, and heroin.
Billins routinely trafficked bulk quantities of illegal narcotics, which were
then redistributed to individual drug users in the Rochester and Utica areas.
The plea is the result of an investigation by Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, under the direction of Special
Agent-in-Charge John B. Devito, New York Field Division; the Monroe County
District Attorney’s Office, under the direction of the District Attorney Sandra
Doorley; and the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief
La’Ron D. Singletary.
Sentencing is scheduled for August 6, 2020, at 11:00 a.m.
before Chief Judge Geraci.
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