ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adam Schutz, 36, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew T. McGrath, who handled the case, stated that on Jan. 30, 2019, and officer with the New York State Division of Parole Supervision and others conducted a compliance search of the defendant’s parole-approved residence on Myrtle Street in Rochester. During a search of Schutz’s bedroom, parole officers recovered a 9mm handgun loaded with nine rounds of 9mm ammunition in the magazine; a second firearm magazine loaded with 10 additional rounds of 9mm ammunition; a clear plastic bag containing a quantity of fentanyl; a bag containing approximately 80 individual doses of LSD; a digital scale; a white plastic grocery bag containing five boxes of 9mm cartridges, two handgun holsters; as well as a.40 caliber handgun loaded with nine.40 caliber cartridges in an attached magazine.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief La’Ron Singletary, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge John B. Devito, and the New York State Division of Parole. #
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
