According to Assistant U.S. Attorney George C. Burgasser, who handled the case, between July 2011 and March 2012, Franklin Richards supplied cocaine to the LRGP Gang which operates in the area of Lombard, Rother, Gibson and Playter Streets. The defendant purchased cocaine for redistribution from co-defendant Earl Brown.
On one occasion, co-conspirator Wilfred Wylie, who was traveling to Houston, Texas to purchase cocaine from Earl Brown for Franklin Richards, was searched by security at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and found with $112,000 in U.S. currency, money he was going to use to pay for the cocaine. On other occasions, Richards used a variety of methods to transport cocaine from Houston, Texas to Buffalo. Once he received the cocaine, Richards would repackage it for distribution in the Buffalo area.
Co-defendants Brown and Wylie have been convicted. Wylie was sentenced, Brown is awaiting sentencing.
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