Schenectady Man Sentenced on Drug Charges
| U.S. Attorney’s Office August 18, 2011 |
United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced that on August 18, 2011 United States District Court Judge Lawrence E. Kahn sentenced Jamie Lee Toomer, 27, of Schenectady, New York, to 240 months in federal prison. This sentence was for Toomer’s conviction for the crime of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. Toomer was arrested on March 27, 2010.
Toomer was indicted with 15 others for a conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine between August 2009 and March 2010. The indictment charges that it was the role of Jamie Lee Toomer to obtain cocaine and crack cocaine in the city of New York and have it transported to Schenectady, New York for re-distribution.
The Indictment further charges that on March 28, 2010, Jamie Lee Toomer was in an apartment in Schenectady, New York in which there was approximately 750 grams of crack cocaine and 220 grams of cocaine.
Victor Toomer, Jeffrey McGough, Sr., Trinelle Frye, Koshon Taylor, and Alexis Bass, all of Schenectady, as well as Jamar Green of Ft. Lee, New Jersey, have pled guilty to the conspiracy charge. Judge Kahn has sentenced Trinelle Frye to 120 months in federal prison.
Charges are pending against nine defendants.
The investigation that resulted in these convictions was conducted by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the New York State Police, the Schenectady Police Department, and the Office of the District Attorney of Schenectady County.
CONTACT:
Assistant U.S. Attorney Terrence Kelly
(518) 431-0247