Buffalo Man Going to Prison for Cocaine Conspiracy
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Alexis Lopez, 29, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of narcotics conspiracy, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Rudroff, who handled the case, stated that on March 1, 2021, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service executed a search warrant on a Priority Mail Express Parcel, which contained approximately ½ a kilogram of cocaine. The drugs inside the parcel were replaced with sham material, and an undercover agent delivered the parcel to an address on Leroy Avenue in Buffalo, where it was accepted by Lopez. After the parcel was taken inside, agents were alerted that the parcel had been opened. Following that alert, a search warrant was executed, and agents discovered Lopez and co-defendant Ivan Irizarry-Ramos together in an apartment, from which they also recovered a digital scale, plastic packaging materials, and an electric blender with white powdery substance inside.
Ivan Irizarry-Ramos was previously convicted of narcotics conspiracy and is awaiting sentencing.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Inspector-in-Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the Boston Division, and the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, New York Division, Buffalo District Office.
