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ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Marcus White, 40, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 144 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew McGrath, who handled the case, stated that in October 2021, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Greater Rochester Area Narcotics Enforcement Team (GRANET), began investigating the drug trafficking activities of White, after learning that he sold fentanyl to an individual who later overdosed and died. In November 2021, investigators executed a search warrant at White’s residence on Pollard Avenue in Rochester, seizing quantities of narcotics and drug trafficking paraphernalia.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Todd Baxter, the Greater Rochester Area Narcotics Enforcement Team, and Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Scarpino.
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