Richard Crego, Cocaine Distribution, New York 2023

Rochester, New York - In a major blow to the city's underworld, Richard Crego, 25, a/k/a Ricky, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in a massive cocaine ring operating in Wayne County and New York City.

According to court documents, Crego was the leader of a group of cocaine and crack cocaine distributors in Wayne County that obtained cocaine through Crego and his former prison associate, James Brome. The duo arranged for the delivery of kilograms of cocaine from New York City to Wayne County, where the kilograms were processed, weighed, packaged, and resold in various quantities by various distributors.

As part of a lengthy joint state and federal wiretap investigation, multiple search warrants were executed in Wayne County in November 2010. The investigation netted over 1.9 kg of powder cocaine, 15 grams of crack cocaine, distribution paraphernalia, a 12 gauge shotgun, a .22 caliber rifle, a .25 caliber pistol, a 9mm pistol, and over $32,000 in U.S. currency.

Crego was arrested along with six others in February 2011. All seven have been convicted. Brome was sentenced to 17 years in prison on February 26, 2013.

The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation conducted by the Wayne County Narcotics Enforcement Team under the direction of John Colella, Chief of the Town of Macedon Police Department, and Robert Hetzke, Chief Deputy of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.

The investigation involved cooperation from the Wayne County Sheriff's Office under the direction of Sheriff Barry Virts, the New York State Police, under the direction of Lieutenant Martin E. McKee, the Rochester Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Brian R. Crowell, New York Field Division, with assistance provided by the Wayne County District Attorney's Office, under the direction of Richard Healy.

Richard Crego's exact criminal charges are conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of five kilograms or more of cocaine.

The city where this crime occurred is Rochester, New York.

The date of this crime was November 2010.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/leader-wayne-county-nyc-cocaine-ring-sentenced-drug-charges