In addition, Crouse’s co-defendant, Carlos Laboy, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, also before Judge Wolford. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney George C. Burgasser, who is handling the prosecution of the case, stated that between February 2013 and February 2015, Crouse and Laboy participated in a heroin conspiracy. The two defendants sold heroin to confidential sources including one individual who claimed that Crouse and Laboy sold heroin to the individual every day for one year.
On February 5, 2015, a search warrant was executed at a residence on Gorton Street in Buffalo. Crouse and Laboy were both present. Officers recovered numerous baggies that contained heroin residue and three cellular telephones. One of the cellular telephones was a number that the confidential sources would contact to set up drug transactions.
Carlos Laboy will be sentenced on March 14.
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