ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Connor Dempsey, 20, of Amherst, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to use and maintain a drug-involved premises, was sentenced to three years’ probation by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Patricia Astorga, who is handling the case, stated that on Aug. 17, 2016, co-defendant Joel Jacob signed for a parcel during a controlled delivery by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. The delivery was made to Jacob’s residence on Campus Drive in Buffalo, a residence he shared with Dempsey. The package, which was ordered over the internet using bitcoins, was sent from Munchen, Germany and contained over 180 grams of MDMA, also known as “Molly."
During a search of the Campus Drive apartment, officers recovered quantities of: marijuana; LSD; cocaine; THC; Xanax; and ketamine. They also found a digital scale, baggies, empty capsules, other drug paraphernalia, and another mail parcel addressed to a third co-defendant.
Joel Jacob has been convicted and is scheduled to be sentenced on October 4, 2017.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security investigations, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Kevin Kelly; and the United States Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Inspector-in-Charge Shelly Binkowski of the Boston Division.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
