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BUFFALO — Fourty-nine-year-old Jack Reid, III of Williamsville was sentenced, by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to 25 years in prison and 10 years supervised release. Judge Arcara also ordered Reid to forfeit $1,000,000 and two properties in Williamsville and Amherst.
Reid’s sentence follows his conviction, after a jury trial, of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy C. Lynch, who handled the sentencing, stated that beginning in 1990 through April, 2012, the defendant utilized family members and others as drug couriers and distributors of more than 50 kilograms of cocaine. The cocaine, which was obtained from sources in Rochester and New York, New York as well as Atlanta, Georgia, was distributed in various areas throughout Erie and Niagara Counties.
The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the part of the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge James J. Hunt, New York Field Division; the Lackawanna Police Department, under the direction of Chief James Michel; and the Lockport Police Department, under the direction of Chief Michael Niethe.
