BUFFALO — Twenty-four-year-old Roberto Leon of Buffalo pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin. The defendant faces a maximum term of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan T. Cullinane, who is handling the case, stated that in September of 2015, the defendant sold a quantity of heroin to a Drug Enforcement Administration confidential source (CS) on two separate occasions.
The conviction is the culmination of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge James J. Hunt, New York Field Division.
Sentencing is scheduled for May 23.
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