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Rochester Man Sentenced for Murder and Cocaine Charges
A Rochester man has been sentenced to 330 months in prison for his role in a murder and a violent drug distribution ring in the city.
Tyshawn Simmons, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa for the murder of Ryan Adams on Halloween night in 2012. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Everardo A. Rodriguez, Simmons shot Adams six times while Adams sat in the driver’s seat of his car on Lincoln Street in Rochester.
Simmons believed that Adams had cooperated with law enforcement or intended to do so, and shot him in a fit of rage. Adams managed to get out of the car and walk approximately 400 feet looking for help before collapsing.
Simmons was not the only one to be sentenced in connection with the drug distribution ring. Franklin Brock, Jr., 23, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine.
Brock’s father, Franklin Brock, Sr., 43, was sentenced to five years’ probation for his role in the conspiracy. Tina McDonald, 44, a girlfriend of Simmons, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
The investigation into the drug distribution ring was headed by the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief Michael Ciminelli, with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge, New York Field Division.
Today’s sentencings are the culmination of a long-term investigation into the violent drug distribution ring in the City of Rochester.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime|Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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