Assistant U.S. Attorney Wei Xiang, who is handling the case, stated that according to the indictment, Nelson and Russell sold cocaine and crack cocaine over a two-year period from 2013 to 2015. At times, the defendants used a house on 14th Street on the West Side of Buffalo for their drug activities.
Nelson was arraigned today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy and is being held pending a detention hearing on February 24, 2017. Russell is currently in jail pending a state parole violation proceeding and will be arraigned in federal court on Friday.
The indictment is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Adam S. Cohen.
The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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