10-year sentence for cocaine trafficker in Buffalo
BUFFALO, N.Y. –U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that that Darryl M. Greene, 48, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine, and two counts of attempting to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, Jr.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Misha Coulson, who handled the trial of the case, stated that on July 27, 2017, the United States Postal Inspection Service executed a search warrant on a suspicious package mailed from San Diego, California. The package was addressed to an associate of the defendant. Inside, inspectors discovered one kilogram of cocaine.
On July 28, 2017, USPIS and the DEA conducted a controlled delivery of the package. A package of sham cocaine was delivered to the associate’s Kensington Avenue residence. Within five minutes of the package’s delivery, Greene arrived at the residence and departed with the package. He was arrested a short time later and released.
On Aug. 3, 2017, the USPIS executed a search warrant on another suspicious package from San Diego, California, which was addressed to a recipient identified as “W. Greene” at 1631 Hertel Avenue in Buffalo. The defendant resided at that residence. The second package contained a ½ kilogram of cocaine, and the defendant was once again arrested.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the DEA Buffalo Resident Office.
