BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Mary Kettle, 38, of Olean, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, butyryl fentanyl, was sentenced to serve four years’ probation by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who handled the case, stated that between July 2018 and Dec. 30, 2018, the defendant conspired with Erin Cameron and others sell butyryl fentanyl. Erin Cameron was previously convicted and is awaiting sentencing.
On Oct. 22, 2018, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force set up a controlled purchase of butyryl fentanyl with Erin Cameron. The delivery of the butyryl fentanyl was made by the defendant. A second controlled purchase of butyryl fentanyl was made on February 6, 2019, and once again Kettle made the delivery.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, under the direction of Jason Thompson, Associate Director of the Office of Justice Services; the Southern Regional Drug Task Force, under the direction of Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Timothy Whitcomb; and the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Ray Donovan, New York Field Division. #
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
