United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Timothy Foley, New York Division announced that Brennen Bryant, Jr., 29, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and 10 grams or more of butyryl fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. Bryant was also ordered to pay restitution for the funeral expenses of the overdose victim in this case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth T. Molisani, who handled the case, stated that on March 23, 2018, Bryant and co-defendant Tyrone Green sold fentanyl to an individual who was later found deceased in the town of Hamburg, New York. Through text messages on the decedent’s cellular telephone, detectives with the Hamburg Police Department and Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration identified Bryant and Green as the decedent’s suppliers. Subsequent investigation revealed that between October 2017 and January 2018, the New York State Police made numerous controlled purchases of butyryl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin from both Bryant and Green. 

Tyrone Green was previously convicted and is awaiting sentencing.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Hamburg Police Department, the DEA Buffalo District Office, the New York State Police, and the Orchard Park Police Department.
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