ALBANY, NY – Andrew O’Connor of Cohoes, New York, has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking and obstructing justice.
O’Connor, 36, was charged and convicted for distributing ounce quantities of methamphetamine in the Capital Region during March, April, and June of 2022. He also arranged to have over one pound of the drug shipped to him. The package, however, was seized by investigators before it reached him.
In addition to drug trafficking, O’Connor admitted to contacting a co-conspirator after his arrest to delete information from several of his cell phones. The case against O’Connor was part of an investigation led by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the FBI’s Capital District Safe Streets Gang Task Force.
United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Alfred A. Watson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the FBI, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Postal Inspector in Charge of the Boston Division of the USPIS, jointly announced the sentencing. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dustin C. Segovia prosecuted the case.
O’Connor is set to serve 135 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release.