ROCHESTER — A 52-year-old Rochester man was sentenced Friday to 75 months in prison following a conviction or possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

Accoriding to Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles E. Moynihan, who handled the case, on Aug. 20, 2014, members of Rochester Police Department executed a search warrant in the downstairs apartment at 54 Miller St., where they encountered Edwin Murray — the only person in the house at the time — in a bedroom. Under a bed, investigators found a black shoe box. Inside they found a clear plastic bag that contained 84 smaller ziplock baggies. Each baggie contained a white rocky material which was later identified as crack cocaine. Officers also located a wallet which contained $346.00 in United States Currency and marijuana. Officers also found a Ruko-Armscor Model M14 .22 caliber long rifle and a magazine for the rifle, which contained six rounds of .22 caliber ammunition.

The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the part of Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Rochester Police Department Chief Michael Ciminelli, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, under the direction of Acting Special Agent in Charge Charlie J. Patterson.


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