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Former Store Owner Pleads Guilty to Synthetic Drug Charges
A 24-year-old Rochester woman has admitted to using a communication facility to facilitate a controlled substance felony offense, following an investigation by federal and state authorities.
Amber Snover pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to the charge, which carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Noto, who is handling the case, Snover used a telephone to order various synthetic controlled substance analogues. She ordered the synthetic drugs for Charles Fitzgerald and others at the 420 Emporium located in Batavia, NY.
As part of her plea, Snover will forfeit $771,109 in United States currency that was seized during the execution of a search warrant at the residence she shared with Fitzgerald on West Hills Estates in Rochester on July 25, 2012.
Fitzgerald, who was convicted, is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Geraci on April 15, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. Three employees of Fitzgerald’s who worked at the 420 Emporium stores located in Batavia and Henrietta, NY have also been convicted and are awaiting sentencing.
The plea was the culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency, under the direction of James J. Hunt, New York Field Division, and investigators from the New York State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET), under the direction of Major David Krause.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 23, 2015, at 10 a.m. before Judge Geraci.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime|Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Public Corruption|Weapons|Human Trafficking|White Collar Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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