Frankie Rios, Firearm and Drug Convictions, New York 2023

A Troy felon is heading to prison after being sentenced to 37 months behind bars for his involvement in two separate crimes.

Frankie Rios, age 42, of Troy, New York, was sentenced on [no date mentioned in press release] to 37 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and for possessing and intending to distribute cocaine and cocaine base.

Rios, a convicted felon, pled guilty before United States District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino on January 6, 2023.

Rios admitted that he possessed a .25 caliber Mauser handgun with six rounds of ammunition on March 30, 2019, which was recovered from him by Troy Police Officers responding to a stabbing at a bar on 4th Street in Troy.

Rios also admitted that on February 17, 2021, he possessed more than 100 grams of cocaine and cocaine base (a/k/a crack cocaine) with intent to distribute those substances, in Troy.

Rios is required to forfeit the firearm and ammunition as part of his plea, and will serve a 3-year term of post-imprisonment supervised release following his term of imprisonment.

The case was investigated by the ATF and the Troy Police Department, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin S. Clark prosecuting.

Defendant: Frankie Rios

Criminal Charges: Illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and for possessing and intending to distribute cocaine and cocaine base.

City and State: Troy, New York

Exact Date: January 6, 2023 (sentencing)

Sentence or Outcome: 37 months in prison, 3-year term of post-imprisonment supervised release

Companies Involved: ATF, Troy Police Department

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