Gordon L. Montgomery, Methamphetamine Trafficking, New York 2007

State: New York
Category: Drug Trafficking
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/batavia-man-pleads-guilty-methamphetamine-trafficking" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

Batavia Man Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Trafficking in New York

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Gordon L. Montgomery, 57, of Batavia, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on February 2012.

The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, a fine of $2,000,000, or both.

According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Brett A. Harvey, the charges resulted from a joint federal, state and local investigation, which revealed that Montgomery was responsible for traveling to California on two occasions in 2007 and obtaining quantities of methamphetamine from Richard W. Mar, the President of the Hell’s Angels, Monterey (CA) Charter, and transporting the methamphetamine back to the Western District of New York, where it was distributed to others.

The defendant made the trips to California on behalf of two other co-conspirators, James H. McAuley, Jr., then the Vice President of the Hell’s Angels, Rochester Charter, and McAuley’s wife, Donna Boon. McAuley and Boon sent Montgomery on both trips, paying for his airfare and paying him a $1,000 fee for each trip. The defendant obtained and transported between 500 grams and 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine on the two trips.

Sentencing is scheduled for May 3, 2016, at 10:45 a.m. before Judge Siragusa.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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