Toqwanda Ketchmore, Marijuana Trafficking, New York 2022

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Toqwanda Ketchmore, aka 'Quannie,' age 30, of Albany, pled guilty today to marijuana trafficking.

Between November 2020 and May 2022, Ketchmore received 44 packages containing approximately 201 kilograms (443 pounds) of marijuana at her home in Troy.

Ketchmore admitted to being a member of a marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) trafficking organization that cultivated marijuana on a commercial scale in Fresno, California, and shipped thousands of kilograms of marijuana and THC from Fresno to locations throughout the United States, including the Capital Region of New York.

Ketchmore faces up to 20 years in prison; a fine of up to $1 million; and a term of supervised release of between 3 years and life.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York announced the guilty plea, with Assistant U.S. Attorneys Cyrus P.W. Rieck and Dustin C. Segovia prosecuting the case.

The case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation.

The ATF, DEA, Troy Police Department, and HSI are investigating the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/albany-woman-pleads-guilty-marijuana-trafficking